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Riddle 1

Oct 30, 2014 by imprincearthur
Question: You have been given the task of transporting 3,000 apples 1,000 miles from Appleland to Bananaville. Your truck can carry 1,000 apples at a time. Every time you travel a mile towards Bananaville you must pay a tax of 1 apple but you pay nothing when going in the other direction (towards Appleland).

What is highest number of apples you can get to Bananaville?

Solve the riddle and you get 2 points since this one is tricky

Comments

833 apples.

Step one: First you want to make 3 trips of 1,000 apples 333 miles. You will be left with 2,001 apples and 667 miles to go.
Step two: Next you want to take 2 trips of 1,000 apples 500 miles. You will be left with 1,000 apples and 167 miles to go (you have to leave an apple behind).
Step three: Finally, you travel the last 167 miles with one load of 1,000 apples and are left with 833 apples in Bananaville.
Sent by Tetsuya,Oct 30, 2014
3000, I walk backwards
Sent by MaggieWong,Oct 30, 2014
3000, I walk backwards
Sent by MaggieWong,Oct 30, 2014
maggiewong WRONG!
Sent by imprincearthur,Oct 30, 2014
XD
Sent by MaggieWong,Oct 31, 2014

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