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The Egg Drop Floor

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You have 2 eggs and a 100-floor building. Find the highest floor an egg survives using the minimum worst-case drops.
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14 drops

The answer to this riddle is 14 drops. Difficulty: Hard · Solved by 11,018 puzzle lovers.

14 drops. Drop from floors 14, 27, 39, 50, etc. (decreasing step sizes). If the egg breaks, test linearly below.
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