Sunday 29 May 2016

100 door puzzle

You have 100 doors in a row that are all initially closed. you make 100 passes by the doors starting with the first door every time.
The first time through you visit every door and toggle the door (if the door is closed, you open it, if its open, you close it). The second time you only visit every 2nd door (door #2, #4, #6). The third time, every 3rd door (door #3, #6, #9), etc, until you only visit the 100th door.

Question: what state are the doors in after the last pass? which are open which are closed?
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Answer:
Only perfect square doors will be open at the end.
( If all doors are initially opened then only perfect square doors will be close at the end. )

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