There are 25 horses and only five tracks in a race.
How do you find the second coming horse of all the 25
horses, provided there is no stop clock? (obviously, a
horse cannot participate more than once in a race).

Answer Posted / md

5X5 = 25...
make group of 5 and total 5 such groups ...
race each grup at a time... select winner from each group.
race these 5 winners ... and mark them as their positions

best case: the fastest horse and the 2nd coming horse are
in two different group. Then we can simply say the 2nd
coming horse in the winners' race is the answer.

worst case: the fastest horse and the 2nd coming horse are
in same group. So any from the four except the winner from
the fastest horse's group (say 1st group) may be the 2nd
coming horse.

so need another race.... 4 from 1st group (except winner)
and winner of 2nd group .... who wins is 2nd best.

no of races: 7.

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