How does Divide and Conquer Work?
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I’ve always thought of this in terms of millitary tactics. So if that’s not the context you’re looking for, sorry. But I think this can be applied to other situations too. The way it works is If you’re outnumbered, you can trick your opponent into dividing his army into sections that are individually smaller than your own. Then you can engage these weaker units one by one instead of fighting a single battle against the entire concentrated force you’d probably lose.
For example, if you had a hundred soldiers, and you were facing 150, you send just a few of yours to cause a distraction, force them to split into groups of 50. All of a sudden, you now have a 2:1 advantage. Wipe them out, repeat. You just accomplished with a smaller force what couldn’t be done in a pitched battle, by simply forcing the enemy to split his forces instead of concentrating them
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