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u/wintermute93 · 2 pointsr/math

Yep. That one and this one

u/riemannzetajones · 2 pointsr/math

This is one of the problems featured in Mathematical Mind Benders, a great book that ramps up pretty quickly in difficulty to problems even harder than the one mentioned here. I highly recommend it.

u/I_KNOW_THE_SECRET · 1 pointr/math

You may be interested in Peter Winkler's two books:
(1) Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection
(2) Mathematical Mind-Benders
The questions do not require anything more than high school Mathematics.
There is a range of difficulty in the problems, although quite a number are pretty tough.

Let me give an example from the first book:
Each member of a team of n players is to be fitted with a red or blue hat; each player will be able to see the colors of the hats of his teammates, but not his own. At a signal, each player will simultaneously guess the color of his own hat.

The players are allowed to collaborate on a common strategy before the game begins. The objective is to guarantee as many correct answers as possible, assuming the worse case situation. That is, you may assume the enemy knows their strategy and will try their best to foil it. How many correct answers can you guarantee?