[ExI] who should white shoot?

[Chris Petersen]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:49 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

>
>
> In the old days when two guys just couldn't take each other they would have
> a duel.  Suppose three guys couldn't settle matters peacefully, so they
> decide to have a go at the pistols, taking turns firing until only one
> walks
> away.  Mr. White can hit his mark a third of the time.  Mr. Brown hits two
> thirds of the time and Mr. Black never misses.  Mr. White goes first,
> followed by Brown, followed by Black.
>
> Who should Mr. White shoot at?
>
> Think hard.
>
> spike
>


If Mr. White goes first, he has the option not to shoot at all, thereby
stalling further progress?

-Chris
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