Problem 46573. Determine the winner of a goofy golf tournament
- The golfer with the best score must have cheated, so that person is eliminated.
- The golfer with the second-best score must have choked (definition, example), so that person is eliminated.
- Therefore, the golfer with the third-best score wins.
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The problem description is a bit unclear. Suppose that x = [70 71 73 74 73 70 72]. Then golfer #7 has the third best score; but since there's two golfers tied for first place (#1 and #6) and we're supposed to imagine a play-off then, I would suspect that the correct answer here is actually 2 rather than 7. Would be nice to get a clarification.
Yes, that's correct. The order would be 70a, 70b, 71, so the golfer with 71 would be third and win.
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