\u201cWelcome to a special promotional event sponsored by ACME Innovations Inc.,\u201d\nsaid PR Jane Doe, speaking enthusiastically into a microphone to a hundred\nguests gathered in a large salon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cACME Innovation Inc. has developed a special velcro sticker which has\nbeen designed to test the spreading of rumors. It displays a number on a small\nLCD screen. By reading a persons\u2019 unique vitality field, the number is\nincremented by one on being handed to someone else,\u201d explained Jane Doe\npleasantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you receive it, please pass on the sticker someone nearby. I\u2019ll\nbe mingling with you all and when the badge returns to me by this process of\nrandom handovers, whoever in advance has correctly guessed the number that will\nbe displayed on the badge will win a thousand dollars,\u201d said Jane Doe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPlease enter you name and the number you estimate or guess on a slip\nof paper that you will find on the table over there by the entrance and place\nit in the box,\u201d said Jane Doe, indicating the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jane Doe stuck the velcro sticker on the first person nearby, and the\nprocedure begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is your estimate of the most\nprobable number on the badge when it is returned by a random path to Jane Doe?<\/em><\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>