Friday, December 4, 2009

Problem 6: How Many??????

A certain village in  Jacobean times had all the valuables locked in a chest in a church. The chest has a number of locks on it, each with its own individual and distinct key. The aim of the village was to ensure that any three people in the village would amongst them have enough keys to open the chest, but no two people would be able to. How many locks are required and how many keys?