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wu :: forums    riddles    medium (Moderators: Grimbal, towr, Eigenray, SMQ, Icarus, ThudnBlunder, william wu)    The greedy servant and the mangoes « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: The greedy servant and the mangoes  (Read 1523 times) Naumz Newbie Rule over your dreams. Don't be ruled by them.     Gender: Posts: 17 The greedy servant and the mangoes   « on: Jan 6th, 2007, 3:29am » Quote Modify Mr. Hiranandani needs to transport 3000 mangoes. The servant transporting the mangoes can carry at most 1000 mangoes at a time. But the problem is that the servant is a glutton and consumes a mango before he moves a kilometer. What is the maximum number of uneaten mangoes that he can transport over 1000 kms? IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: The greedy servant and the mangoes   « Reply #1 on: Jan 6th, 2007, 3:47am » Quote Modify I'm almost certain I missed at least one, but here are several threads on the same problem:   How far can a truck go carrying it own fuel? Desert Delivery maximum amount of grass carried Camel Banana Transport « Last Edit: Jan 6th, 2007, 3:47am by towr » IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy => medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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