Consider the following scenario: On the first trip, the elephant carries 1000 bananas. the elephant walk 250 km consuming 250 bananas left in position 250 (500 bananas). After that, he goes back over 250 Km eating more bananas 250 bananas. On the second trip, the elephant carries 1000 bananas again, walk 250 km, carrying over 250 bananas and arrives at B with 250 bananas. More he can not go back just because finish bananas. ok? Wladimir Araujo Tavares *Federal University of Ceará
* On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:27 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.
