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| niksnpl | Posted
on 12-May-04 03:50 AM
Here is one problem!!! The distance between Cairo and Damascus is 1000 miles. Your mission is to move a 10,000 kilograms load of grass from Cairo to Damascus using your camel, but you have two problems: The camel won't budge unless you let it to continuously chew grass - it consumes 1 kilogram of grass per mile. The camel's maximum load is 1000 kilograms. Can you manage to get ANY of the grass to Damascus? What is the maximum amount of grass that you can get there? Trying to solve this problem!! Every body welcome!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers!! |
| Xanthipee | Posted
on 12-May-04 05:00 AM
Since the problem doesnot say that there is only 10,000 kg of grass, all of it can be transported by feeding the camel with other extra grass. If the total grass is just 10000, then 3,000 kg can be transferred. 7000 kg will be eaten by the camel. |
| EdHunter | Posted
on 12-May-04 05:04 AM
makes no sense... the camel has a max load capacity of 1000.. so how does it even carry 10000 kg of grass??? expain. why 7000 kg has to be eaten?? i still dun get it..!!! |
| niksnpl | Posted
on 12-May-04 05:04 AM
What's your Logic??? Xanthipee !!!!!!! Plz Explain your procedure!! :D |
| Prem Charo | Posted
on 12-May-04 05:19 AM
Niksnpl, Here is the answer : - http://www.chatarea.com/Mathematics.m2002386 - http://www.princeton.edu/~mathclub/puzzles4.html Prem Charo :) |
| Rusty | Posted
on 12-May-04 05:24 AM
Nikspal, in today's world the answer is everywhere in web... before you do anything like this, google it first for answer like Prem Charo did;) |
| niksnpl | Posted
on 12-May-04 06:43 AM
Thanks for the suggestions!! But only searching without using your own brain won't help you much......... This is Mathematics, not History or .................... Hope you guys got me correctly..........!!! I looked at the answer in the previous link, but I didn't like it much......;);) Can you search for the better answer......heheheh.......Just joking.......... Cheers!! |