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Mck game question

Hi,

Thank you for reading.

During the animal/mountain game. 

I have a plant that gives 5000, a rat that takes 3100, and provides 3500, and an eagle which eats the rat, takes 2000 and gives 2500. 

Per the guidance, the rat would eat first. Then the eagle!

What if it was the other way around, and the eagle had the higher calorie in take, and it needed to feed first. Would my system here collapse given that the eagle surely cant eat the rat before the rat has eaten?

Please only comment if you have a direct answer to add.

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Anonymous B
on Mar 30, 2024

Yes, it will collapse

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Pedro
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Yes, it would colapse… 

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Ian
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Yes that's exactly right. Order of operations is critical to this test/game.

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The sequence matters for the outcome, yes.

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David
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Hi there,

Yes it will. Hope this helps.

Cheers,

David