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Those three chaps again. One is a crack shot with a gun, hits nearly everything every time. The second has a 50% record. The third misses nearly everything.

They are given identical loaded guns in an equilateral triangular room. Only one will survive. In fairness, the poorest shot is given the first chance. What does he do, and why?

He has the shoot in the air. The biggest rivals are the other two. The second person to shoot will try to shoot the third and the poorest shot will have to take his chance with the one that remains. Shooting at one of the others first increases the chances he will be shot at next.

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