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<br>In a meeting of all the native wives, a (male) missionary announces that at least one husband has been unfaithful. It is the tradition on that island that if a native wife discovers her husband has not been faithful, she would shoot him that midnight. Every native wife knew about the fidelity of every husband except her own, and never discussed her husband's fidelity with anyone else. After seven peaceful nights, shots were fired at midnight on the eight night. How many husbands were unfaithful? <p><hr></blockquote>
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STOP MELTING MY BRAINS AND JUST GIVE ANSWER
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What does the number of nights have to do with anything if there is an indefinite number of wives and husbands?
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The missonary says that it can be > 1. If the missonary had said it was only ONE man he would have been shot the first night (the one who doesnt know of any cheating husband would Peekay her own that night).
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<br>They all know about each others infidelity. Therefore, if a woman knows there are 5 unfaithful men (as they know of each others cheating husbands) and if they are not shot on the 5th night, her husband is unfaithful as well...
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<br>So turning into the 9th day, 8 men were shot...
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<br>gimmie my DP keg<br><br>

if only one husband had been unfaithful, his wife would have immediately realized that, since no other husbands had been unfaithful, her husband must be guilty, and she would have shot him that first night at midnight. Therefore, any other wife, who knew of only one unfaithful husband, would immediately realize if he was not shot the first night at midnight, that her own husband must also be unfaithful, and both unfaithful husbands would be shot the second night at midnight. Similary, if a wife knew of any number n of unfaithful husbands, she would realize that if they were not shot on the nth night at midnight, that her own husband had been unfaithful, and the n+1 husbands would be shot on the n+1st night at midnight.
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<br>Therefore, there were eight unfaithful husbands.
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<br>HANK WINS THE KEG OF DP AND MY PURE MARE!<br><br>

if the missionary was being a dick and no husband was actually unfaithful...all of the wives would have shot their husbands on the first night<br><br>
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your answers were posted and i think it was a tie between you and Khell.
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<br>I gotta post a tie breaker
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horseshit....pure horseshit...
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<br>he loses a point for not showing his work.....i win, im uber<br><br>

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