@Dave: The problem statement says, the elephant can take 1000 at a time. If he take max 1000, and eat 1 banana in each 1 km travel, he will be having 0 after 1000 Km.
Anuj Agarwal Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > @Wladimir: According to the problem statement, the elephant starts out > with 3,000 bananas. I am saying that the elephant can deliver 534 > bananas to the destination 1,000 km away. > > Dave > > On May 20, 7:22 pm, Wladimir Tavares <wladimir...@gmail.com> wrote: > > with 534 , the elephant can travel only 534 Km! I am right? > > Wladimir Araujo Tavares > > *Federal University of Ceará > > > > * > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > > > Upon reading the problem more carefully, the answer is 534 bananas, > > > not 533-1/3. > > > > > Dave > > > > > On May 20, 3:43 pm, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > > > > @Bhavesh: 533-1/3. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > On May 20, 10:47 am, Bhavesh agrawal <agr.bhav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > 1 elephant can take 1000 banana at a time and eat 1 banana after > each > > > 1km > > > > > travel. > > > > > total bananas are 3000 and distance have to travel from A to B is > > > 1000km. > > > > > > > So how many max bananas he can take from A to B. (he'll eat in > return > > > > > travel too)- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
