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.