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Solving the Monkey and coconuts problem

• MichaelCrawford 11y ago
  I've been trying to solve this problem since 1975. I just glanced at the linked page, yes it is indeed the same problem, but I don't want to know the answer, I want to solve it myself. I'm pretty sure I know how it's done now, but I haven't had the headspace to deal with it yet.
  • Paddy3118 11y ago
    Oh my blog isn't giving an analytical solution, if that is what you want to do, it is simulating the problem to find a solution. (The video does do an analytical solution though).
    • MichaelCrawford 11y ago
      Here is a related problem. I think it's related anyway: WITHOUT USING A CALCULATOR! How many chocolate chips must one mix into the dough used to bake one hundred thousand chocolate chip cookies, such that ninety-eight percent of the cookies contain at least two chips? I don't recall the precise numerical answer but I do know how it's done; I solved that problem in a final exam at Caltech in less than fifteen minutes.