Re: [algogeeks] Novell - Puzzle

2011-07-30 Thread Roopam Poddar
I disagree with you here. The last digit 89 is the total number of calves after 12 years. The she-calves with age 0 will be 89 - 55 = 34 Lets revise: At the end of first year: no of cows: *1* (parent cow) : *First* Fibonacci Number At the end of second year: no of cows: *1* (parent cow, now 1

Re: [algogeeks] Novell - Puzzle

2011-07-30 Thread rahul mittal
i think for rabbit question answer is 128 as always 2 new rabbits are born from a couple ever alternate month so at end of 1st month 2 2nd month 4 4rd month 8 6month 16 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group,

Re: [algogeeks] Novell - Puzzle

2011-07-30 Thread Nikhil Gupta
@Tushar, after every 2 months, we have twice the additional pairs of rabbits as before. So at end of 2nd month 2 pairs added 4th month 4 added 6th month 8 added 8th month 16 added 10th month 32 added 12 th month 64 added and after 12 months, we have a total of 128 pairs. Which means 256 rabbits.

Re: [algogeeks] Novell - Puzzle

2011-07-30 Thread Nikhil Gupta
Pardon. at end of 2nd month 1 pairs added 4th month 2 added 6th month 4 added 8th month 8 added 10th month 16 added 12 th month 32 added and after 12 months, we have a total of 128 pairs. Which means 256 rabbits. On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Nikhil Gupta nikhilgupta2...@gmail.comwrote:

[algogeeks] Novell - Puzzle

2011-07-29 Thread Reynald
If a cow produces its first she-calf at age two years and after that produces another single she-calf every year, how many she-calves are there after 12 years? assuming none die. and a similar one, asked to another guy, Suppose a newly-born pair of rabbits, one male, one female, are put in a

Re: [algogeeks] Novell - Puzzle

2011-07-29 Thread Hemalatha
@Shivnarayan As per the analysis from the number of cows produced from the she-calves of the 1st cow, I get the foll numbers: 1+2+4+7+11+16+22+29+38+48+59+1(MainCow) = 238. Correct me If am wrong. Regards Hemalatha On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Reynald reynaldsus...@gmail.com wrote: If

Re: [algogeeks] Novell - Puzzle

2011-07-29 Thread Reynald Suz
Shivnarayan, why should we add all Fibonacci number? Since 1+1 both digits represent the same cow. I think the last Fibonacci is the answer. I'm sorry if I'm wrong. On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Hemalatha hemalatha.amru...@googlemail.com wrote: @Shivnarayan As per the analysis from the

Re: [algogeeks] Novell - Puzzle

2011-07-29 Thread sunny agrawal
No ans will be sum of all final fib. number is the no of she-calves of age 0 second last is number is she-calves of age 1 ...and so on so answer is sum of all On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Reynald Suz reynaldsus...@gmail.comwrote: Shivnarayan, why should we add all Fibonacci number? Since