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Haggling
  • You want to go to a concert performed by your favorite musician. Unfortunately, you could not get tickets before the concert sold out. You have located someone that has an extra ticket and is willing to sell it to you. They begin by asking $100 for the ticket. You counter by offering $50. The seller always counters by asking the average of the two offers. You always counter by the average of your previous offer and the seller�s new offer. At what price will you two finally agree upon?

Answer:    
  Please enter a numerical answer
(ex. 1000 or 2.033) and click GO.
   

Contest problems and answers provided by:

David Rock
rock_david@colstate.edu
Columbus State University

Doug Brumbaugh
brumbad@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
University of Central Florida

   
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