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You're throwing a party in 24 hours and have purchased 1,000 bottles of wine. You are informed that one of these 1,000 bottles is tainted with a slow-acting poison that will kill the consumer 24 hours after intake. You have 10 rats that you can use to taste the wine. How many bottles will you be able to ensure are not poisoned by the time the party begins?
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Summer Quantitative Trading Internship

Interviewed at Old Mission

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Dec 2, 2013

You're throwing a party in 24 hours and have purchased 1,000 bottles of wine. You are informed that one of these 1,000 bottles is tainted with a slow-acting poison that will kill the consumer 24 hours after intake. You have 10 rats that you can use to taste the wine. How many bottles will you be able to ensure are not poisoned by the time the party begins?

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