u are the ruler of an empire and u are about to have a celebration tomorrow. The celebration is the most important party you have ever hosted. u have got thousand bottles of wine you were planning to open for the celebration, but you find out that one of them is poisoned...
The poison exhibits no symptoms until death. Death occurs within 10 to 20 hours after consuming even the minutest amount of poison..!!
u have over a 1000 slaves at your disposal and just under 24 hours to determine which single bottle is poisoned.
You have a handful of prisoners about to be executed, and it would mar your celebration to have anyone else killed.
What is the smallest number of prisoners you must have to drink from the bottles to be absolutely sure to find the poisoned bottle within 24 hours?
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