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Once upon a time, a gang of five pirates sailed the ocean. They were
numbered from 1 to 5, according to their rank. They all had four important qualities: They were very greedy Bloodthirsty Extremely smart (at least for a pirate) They liked life One day they captured the treasure of their life: a big bag with 1000 diamonds. All diamonds were exactly the same. The moment they got this treasure, they also got a problem: how to divide it? They came up with the following procedu Starting with pirate #5, they each made a proposal for the division of the diamonds. After each proposal all the pirates voted. If the majority of the pirates accepted the proposal, they divided the diamonds as proposed. If the proposal was not accepted, the proposing pirate was thrown of the ship (as the lunch of the local shark family) and the next pirate could make his proposal. What was the proposal of pirate #5? |