Riddle:
You have been given the task of transporting 3,000 apples 1,000 miles from Apple-York to Strawberry-Ville. Your truck can carry 1,000 apples at a time. Every time you travel a mile towards Strawberry-Ville you must pay a tax of 1 apple but you pay nothing when going in the other direction (towards Apple-York).
What is highest number of apples you can get to Strawberry-Ville?
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Answer:
833
apples.
How to solve:
You need to make 3 trips of 1,000
apples - 333 miles. You will be left with 2,001
apples and 667 miles to go.
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).
Finally, you travel the last 167 miles with one load of 1,000
apples and are left with 833
apples in Strawberry-ville.