11U wanna us to solve this....
this is a well-known puzzle from a website, and for ur information, the solver used computer to generate the soln, which is not of our std.
Two positive integers are chosen. The sum is revealed to logician A, and the sum of squares is revealed to logician B. Both A and B are given this information and the information contained in this sentence. The conversation between A and B goes as follows: B starts
B: ` I can't tell what they are.'
A: ` I can't tell what they are.'
B: ` I can't tell what they are.'
A: ` I can't tell what they are.'
B: ` I can't tell what they are.'
A: ` I can't tell what they are.'
B: ` Now I can tell what they are.'
(a) What are the two numbers?
(b)When B first says that he cannot tell what the two numbers are, A receives a large amount of information. But when A first says that he cannot tell what the two numbers are, B already knows that A cannot tell what the two numbers are. What good does it do B to listen to A?
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11Well, I'd have to search thew same in goiit, that's where someone once mentioned the site....
