Apples Riddles

From Apple-York to Strawberry-Ville
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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Doctor and Bus Driver
Riddle:
A doctor and a bus driver are in love with the same woman, Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long trip that would take a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah 7 apples. Why did he do that?
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