Given the numbers 1 to 1000, what is the minimum number of guesses needed to fin

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Given the numbers 1 to 1000, what is the minimum number of guesses needed to find a specific number if you are given the hint 'higher' or 'lower' for each guess you make? This may be considered a trick question, since it's deceptively easy. Read the question carefully and you'll note that the question asks for the 'minimum' number of guesses. Think about it -someone can guess the right question on their first try right? So, the answer here would be '1', since it would take only one correct guess to find a specific number. Finding the maximum number of guesses But, what if we wanted to find the maximum number of guesses?

Explanation / Answer

The numbers are from 1 - 1000. The minimum number of guess means the user can give the correct number in first chance. That means minimum number of guess will be 1.

Now for maximum number of guess is that user have 1000 guesses in hand so user can give 1000 guesses for a correct number.

Hence maximum number of guesses is 1000

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