Saturday, December 20, 2008

Problem 4 Answer: "Divvying Up The Loot"

The second example neglects to add in the value of the shield to the total when calculating the individual share of loot. As instructed, the 1250 GP bid should be added to the 5000 GP in gold to get a total treasure value of 6250 GP, which comes out to 1562.5 GP per player. Thus A would get the shield and 312.5 GP, while the others would get 1562.5 GP each.

BONUS QUESTION: What is the actual maximum possible bid for A? In other words, what bid for A would result in him getting the shield and no gold, while everyone else gets the gold divided evenly?

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