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Thursday, April 07, 2005
 
CAMEL BANANA TRANSPORT
You have 3,000 bananas and a camel which can carry at most 1,000 bananas at a time. The camel eats a banana before moving a unit. You want to transport the bananas 1,000 units. What is the maximum number of uneaten bananas that you can move 1,000 units?
Problem source: 11th Grade Honors Precalculus, Dr. James J. Hogan High School


See:
http://puzzle.dse.nl/math/bananas_us.html



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