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Interview Question

Assistant Trader Interview
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You have 1,000 bottles of wine, one of which is poisoned. You have a number of slaves you can use for testing, and you want to minimize the number of deaths while guaranteeing you find the poisoned bottle. The poison is fast-acting and fatal within an hour, and you have just over an hour before your guests arrive. Each slave can taste test any number of bottles. What strategy will allow you to find the poisoned bottle using the fewest number of slaves?

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