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Problem 246 of 333MediumBrainteaserP246
Three eggs, 100 floors
You have 3 identical eggs and a 100-floor building. There is a floor such that an egg dropped from floor or above breaks, and one dropped from below survives and can be reused; the egg might also survive every floor. What is the minimum number of drops that guarantees you find in the worst case? Which floors can the first drop be made from without losing that guarantee?
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