5. A man must take two different pills, type A and type B, each day to survive.

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5. A man must take two different pills, type A and type B, each day to survive. If he takes more than one type B pill a day, he will die. The type B pills do not work unless a type A pill is take too. The man gets one pill of type A in his hand and goes to get a pill of type B, but two pills come out. The pills of type A and type B are identical in appearance and weight, and the ma lost track of which pill was which when he poured out the type B pills. He cannot spare to lo any pills. What should he do?

Explanation / Answer

First of all, add the 3 pills (1 "type A" pill in his hand and 2 "type B" pills which were accidentally came out ) to the glass of water.

Add one more "type A" pill to the same glass of water and let it disolve completely.

Take half of the water today and half tomorrow.

So the percentage of pill "type A" and pill "type B" on both the day in overall be managed equal.

It works on the following assumptions:

The dissolved pills can be used next day.

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