a math problem

A merchant is trying to cross a 1000 mile desert to deliver 3000 bananas. He will do it with a camel, who can only carry up to 1000 bananas. Moreover, the camel has to eat 1 banana each mile. What's the maximum ammount of bananas the camel can deliver?

I got up to 500, but I heard it can be higher.

none? i'm bad with word problems and math in general though :(

how did you get 500?

1000 miles 1000 bananas

1 banana per mile = no bananas left right?

this is a ridiculous question :P

A merchant is trying to cross a 1000 mile desert to deliver some bananas. He will do it with a camel, who can only carry up to 1000 bananas. Moreover, the camel has to eat 1 banana each mile. What's the maximum ammount of bananas the camel can deliver?

I got up to 500, but I heard it can be higher.

none? i'm bad with word problems and math in general though :(

how did you get 500?

1000 miles 1000 bananas

1 banana per mile = no bananas left right?

this is a ridiculous question :P

Jackboot343

Don't be so quick to dismiss the question.

Draw a diagram if you want. What I did was put the camel to carry 1000 bananas, and carry it 250 miles. Put 500 bananas in the ground, pick up 1000 more, and repeat the process. In the first checkpoint, he has a total of 1.5k bananas. Do it again for another 250 miles, and he's left with 1000 bananas. Then walk the rest of the 500 miles, and 500 bananas. Voila!

How many bananas does he have at the source location? If there's no limit on that, then he can get arbitrarily many there by moving them out in increments, depositing a number of bananas in the desert and returningxaos

Oops, sorry bout that. 3000 bananas at the startBenjamin-T

[QUOTE="Benjamin-T"]Oops, sorry bout that. 3000 bananas at the startDJ_Lae

camel can only carry 1000 at a time though

1000...............the camel will have to be cut open though....

Edit: all 3000

[QUOTE="Benjamin-T"]Oops, sorry bout that. 3000 bananas at the startDJ_Lae

none? i'm bad with word problems and math in general though :(

how did you get 500?

1000 miles 1000 bananas

1 banana per mile = no bananas left right?

this is a ridiculous question :P

Don't be so quick to dismiss the question.

Draw a diagram if you want. What I did was put the camel to carry 1000 bananas, and carry it 250 miles. Put 500 bananas in the ground, pick up 1000 more, and repeat the process. In the first checkpoint, he has a total of 1.5k bananas. Do it again for another 250 miles, and he's left with 1000 bananas. Then walk the rest of the 500 miles, and 500 bananas. Voila!

camel can only carry 1000 at a time though

Jackboot343

1000. Also he wouldn't be able to go back and get the other 2000 because the camel doesn't have any bananas for the trip back.kyleali11

1000. Also he wouldn't be able to go back and get the other 2000 because the camel doesn't have any bananas for the trip back.kyleali11

250 is the highest I got. What I meant was that there was a silly mistake in your method.

250 is the highest I got. What I meant was that there was a silly mistake in your method.

gloomy_druid

2000------500 (0 to 250 miles)

1000-------1000

0----------1500

500-------1000 (250 miles to 500)

0-----500 (500 to home)

Where's the mistake?

Moreover, the camel has to eat 1 banana each mile.

(The camel starts at point Alpha with 3000 bananas, and leaves (to Beta) with 1000 (leaving 2000 at point alpha). Once he reaches point Beta, he will have no bananas left(because he eats 1 per mile)! So the camel currently has 0 bananas and is at point Beta. If the camel has 0, but needs 1000 bananas to travel from Beta to Alpha(or Alpha to Beta), how is he going to get back to Alpha(Where the other 2000 are.)?

What's the maximum ammount of bananas the camel can deliver?

In general the camel can deliver 1000 bananas to a place within a 1 mile range.

I got up to 500, but I heard it can be higher.

Benjamin-T

[QUOTE="gloomy_druid"]

250 is the highest I got. What I meant was that there was a silly mistake in your method.

Benjamin-T

2000------500 (0 to 250 miles)

1000-------1000

0----------1500

500-------1000 (250 miles to 500)

0-----500 (500 to home)

Where's the mistake?

At the 250-mile checkpoint, he has a total of 1.5k bananas. At the 500-mile checkpoint, you said that he has a total of 1000 bananas. But I calculated 750 bananas. Therefore, with those 750 bananas, he can travel the remaining 500 miles and deliver 250 bananas.gloomy_druid

[QUOTE="gloomy_druid"]At the 250-mile checkpoint, he has a total of 1.5k bananas. At the 500-mile checkpoint, you said that he has a total of 1000 bananas. But I calculated 750 bananas. Therefore, with those 750 bananas, he can travel the remaining 500 miles and deliver 250 bananas.DJ_Lae

What? If he doesn't go back the third time, that leaves him only 1250 bananas.

What? If he doesn't go back the third time, that leaves him only 1250 bananas.

gloomy_druid

I've got a math problem!

A system of equations!

20000x+3600y=-234

123x+2y^2=16

I've got a math problem!

A system of equations!

20000x+3600y=-234

123x+2y^2=16

I've got a math problem!

A system of equations!

20000x+3600y=-234

123x+2y^2=16