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Submitted by dukerox7593 on Sun, 05/03/2009 - 22:32.
ok here is the game:
your opponent has a secret number that is 4 digits long. the digits are 0-9 and no digit can be repeated in the number (in other words all 4 numbers are different)
examples: 1234, 1948, 4950
you have to guess the number
when you guess a number: your opponent gives you back 2 numbers (x,y)
number x is the amount of numbers in the right place
number y is the amount of numbers right but in the wrong place
anyone have an algorithm to solve this problem using the 2 numbers given back?
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This problem Puzzle Game is v

Submitted by sara samuels on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 01:55.
This problem Puzzle Game is very interesting. It involves 2 players,it involves mind.. I have this game in my nokia 5310 and i play it with a opponent team and i always win the game..
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The game is called Mastermind

Submitted by jaap on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 03:29.
The game is called Mastermind, and you can do worse than to read the following page and its references for various strategies.
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/ctk/Mastermind.shtml

The classic version uses only 6 colors (i.e. 0-5 instead of 0-9) and the optimal strategy for that averages about 4.34 guesses.

Jaap
Jaap's Puzzle Page: http://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/
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