We consider two versions of this puzzle representing two scenarios regarding how Mother Nature plays this game.
Worst Case | Laplace |
Mother Nature is playing against us, so we should expect the worst. This is also known as the "minmax" case. |
Mother nature is completely indifferent to what we do and so She uses a uniform probability distribution to decide which floor is the critical one. |
Needless to say, we do not use real eggs. So if you surfed to this place for the sole purpose of dropping eggs from high rise buildings, you are in the wrong place. Nevertheless we do hope that you'll play with the puzzle anyhow to improve your decision making skills.
We do not even use virtual eggs! Our implementation is an abstraction of the real problem. One advantage of this is that we never run out of test eggs and ww do not have to worry about the use by date issue. Our real interest lies in understanding the decision making aspects of the problem.
The intelligent engine behind the module is based on the analysis presented elsewhere. If you are mathematically inclined, you are encouraged to read this material.