SIG (Susquehanna)–styleTrader InternQuant Trader InternQuestion #91
You have 25 horses and a race track with 5 lanes. Each race can race at most 5 horses at a time, and you cannot use a stopwatch. What is the minimum number of races required to determine the fastest three horses?
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