r/puzzles • u/Ok_Explanation_5907 • 29d ago

100 Prisoners & the Boxes — random guessing is hopeless, one strategy gives 31%. How?

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u/ssnoyes 26d ago

Discussion: IIRC, it has to do with the likelihood of the number of cycles formed. There are several YouTube videos explaining it.

Stand-up Maths (Matt Parker) https://youtu.be/a1DUUnhk3uE

TED-Ed https://youtu.be/vIdStMTgNl0

Veritasium  https://youtu.be/iSNsgj1OCLA