Question 2
Some people are playing a card game. On the table are fifty cards, numbered 1 to 50, all facing up. Each player is allowed to choose a certain number of cards. The player whose chosen cards have the highest total is the winner. There is only one winner.
What is the lowest possible score that makes a player a sure winner if each player has to choose:
(a) two cards?
(b) three cards?
(c) five cards?
What is the lowest possible score that makes a player a sure winner if each player has to choose:
(a) two cards?
(b) three cards?
(c) five cards?