[103746] in Cypherpunks
A Number Theory Problem....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Fri Oct 2 20:30:11 1998
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 19:16:32 -0500 (CDT)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
There is a desert which is 1000 miles across. There is a camel who can carry
1000 bananas maximum. The camel eats 1 banana per mile travelled. The camel
has a total of 3000 bananas to begin with. What is the maximum number of
bananas that the camel can get across to the other side uneaten?
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A: 533
