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Five robbers have one hundred gold coins to split among themselves. They divide the coins as follows : The senior robber proposes a division, and everyone votes on it. Provided that at least half the robbers vote including himself for the proposal i.e, he has to get 50% of the votes, they split the coins that way. If not, they kill the senior robber and start over. The most senior (surviving) robber proposes his own division plan, and they vote by the same rules and either divide the coins or kill the senior robber, as the case may be. The process continues until one plan is accepted. Suppose you are the senior robber. What division do you propose ? (The robbers are all extremely logical and greedy, and all want to live.)

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