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Answer by D Krueger for The Greedy Box (Or: Another crazy guard offering his...

The following strategy gives the prisoners a way to escape in...StrategyExplanationValidation

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Answer by Hyperglyph for The Greedy Box (Or: Another crazy guard offering his...

EDIT: This is solution is incorrect because (as discussed in the comments) I didn't account for the prisoners not knowing how the boxes are unique before beginning.The following cannot lose and wins in...

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Answer by Tez LaCoyle for The Greedy Box (Or: Another crazy guard offering...

I believe this can be solved in no worse thanBasic strategy:Proof of bound:

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Answer by kevin_ten11 for The Greedy Box (Or: Another crazy guard offering...

There is one relatively simple way to solve this, but I doubt it's 100% optimal...

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The Greedy Box (Or: Another crazy guard offering his prisoners freedom)

Two prisoners, in separate cells, are watched over by one eccentric and whimsical guard. One day he (inevitably) decides to give the prisoners a chance to earn their freedom by playing a game with...

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