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Recreational mathematics or puzzles with serious mathematical content. Note that math contest problems are generally considered off-topic.

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Identifying poisoned wines

The standard version of this puzzle is as follows: you have $1000$ bottles of wine, one of which is poisoned. You also have a supply of rats (say). …
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