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/sci/ needs to think
Suppose I have thought up an integer between 0 and 15 inclusive. Is it possible to deduce the number by asking me seven true or false questions if I may lie on at most one of the questions?

Will post the solution once enough thought has been generated!
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>tfw /sci/ can't think outside of IQ and 0.999... = 1 threads
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pls stop asking questions don't you know the universe can only take so much entropy?
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>>7694597
Please do your homework alone. It's really not difficult to figure out.
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>>7695221
>Will post the solution once enough thought has been generated!
If I really wanted homework help, why would I ask /sci/?
THIS IS NOT HOMEWORK
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>>7695232
It's definitely a homework question for a freshman CS class.
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>>7695238
That's totally possible, but it's not -my- homework question, nor do I study CS.
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>>7695246
Then google is your friend, shitposting faggot.
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Write the number as
[math]8 a_3 + 4 a_2 + 2 a_1 + a_0[/math]
with [math]a_i \in \{0, 1\} [/math].

>Ask if a_3 is 0.
>Ask if a_2 is 0.
>Ask if a_1 is 0.
>Ask if a_0 is 0.
>Ask if a_3 + a_2 is even.
>Ask if a_1 + a_0 is even.
For the last question either repeat question 2 or question 4 depending on the answers.
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>>7695251
Google why exactly?
I have the solution for this question.
>read the OP next time
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>>7695255
This is close to a complete solution.
There is actually a possible last question that we can ask which does not depend on the answers given and does not involve repeating any of the questions.
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>>7695258
I don't really believe you. Either you are fishing for someone to do your homework or you are asking a very easy question you already know the answer to for no reason. Which would you believe?

>>7695258
That's the dumb, complicated way to do it.
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>>7695274
This question was actually generated from the end of a supervision a few weeks ago.
The point of the thread was to get discussion going on a "fun" question.
Regardless, your belief in me is not required for a discussion.
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>>7695280
What the fuck is that even supposed to mean? You're just digging yourself deeper into a hole of nonsense.
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>>7695287
Which part is not understandable?
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