Try to find as many solutions to this problem as you can. It was invented to assess and problem solving in an experimental setting*. I will explain it further and give you the statistics on it after you tried it :)
Here it is:
"Suppose you are a doctor faced with a patient who has a malignant tumor in his
stomach. It is impossible to operate on the patient, but unless the tumor is destroyed the
patient will die. There is a kind of ray that can be used to destroy the tumor. If the rays reach
the tumor all at once at a sufficiently high intensity, the tumor will be destroyed.
Unfortunately, at this intensity the healthy tissue that the rays pass through on the way to the
tumor will also be destroyed. At a lower intensity the rays are harmless to healthy tissue, but
they will not affect the tumor either.
What type of procedure might be used to destroy the tumor with the rays, and at the
same time avoid destroying the healthy tissue?"
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* I will post the references and credits after a few days, so you won't be tempted to look for answers or hint.
Here it is:
"Suppose you are a doctor faced with a patient who has a malignant tumor in his
stomach. It is impossible to operate on the patient, but unless the tumor is destroyed the
patient will die. There is a kind of ray that can be used to destroy the tumor. If the rays reach
the tumor all at once at a sufficiently high intensity, the tumor will be destroyed.
Unfortunately, at this intensity the healthy tissue that the rays pass through on the way to the
tumor will also be destroyed. At a lower intensity the rays are harmless to healthy tissue, but
they will not affect the tumor either.
What type of procedure might be used to destroy the tumor with the rays, and at the
same time avoid destroying the healthy tissue?"
________________________________________
* I will post the references and credits after a few days, so you won't be tempted to look for answers or hint.
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