## Puzzle of the week

Sunday, March 31, 2013

## Boolean financial advisors

Alex and Bob work as financial advisors for the same company. They draw equal salaries from the company. They behave well at the office. Both work on similar assignments. Each assignment requires a yes-no decision. The company uses the decisions made by them to make profits.

After the recession hit the company very badly, one of them has to be fired. Both Alex and Bob have worked on almost the same number of assignments in the last ten years. Alex has been consistently taking about 80% decisions correctly every year. Bob, on the other hand, has been taking only about 5% correct decisions every year.

Assuming that the performances of Alex and Bob would remain the same in future, who should the company fire to maximize its profits in the years to come? Why?

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## Previous puzzle

Sunday, March 3, 2013

## Composite factorial plus one

How many positive integers $$n$$ are there such that $$n! + 1$$ is composite?

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## Random puzzle from the past

Sunday, April 1, 2012

## Coins heads up

You are blindfolded and taken into a room with two tables. There are coins scattered on one table. You are told the number of coins which are heads up on this table. The second table is empty. You are allowed to move coins from one table to another or flip them. Before you leave the room, there must be an equal number of coins heads up on each table. How can you do it?

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