Get your calculator...

Easy Target · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:19 pm Post subject: Get your calculator...

Ok, a little quiz for you...

A person can transport by itself enough food and water to survive 4 days in the desert.

If that person as to do a 6 days trip across the desert.

How many people (and how) will it take to help that person making it across the desert and those who as help making it back to the starting point?
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squidly · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject:

Buy a jeep and make it in 12 hours!!!!
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squidly · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:43 pm Post subject:

I think I have it!!!

First, you have to send a guy at one day of walk... He drop there 2 day of food (so he has 1 day of food left for his come back).

Second, you send 2 guys at 2 days of walk. They drop there 1 day of food each (food for 2 days). They have 1 day of food left (each). They come back to their starting point, taking on their way back the food that has been left by the 1st person at the 1 day point!

Now, you send your moron who want to walk across the desert!!! He walk 2 days (2 days of food left), and at that point, he pick the 2 days of food that has been left by the second "sherpas" (so now he have 4 days of food, enough to reach his end point!!! And there, he open a good cold beer, and drink it!!!! Yeaaaaaaah! #Beer

End of the story!!!

Thanks, it was fun!!!
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Easy Target · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:04 pm Post subject:

squidly · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:24 pm Post subject:

You ask how to do that!!!

My way work, so I don't care if it isn't the way that they say!!!!

Anyway, my brain fused right after I find my answer!!! Cannot think anymore!!!

I'll let someone else find the "right" one!!!

Even if mine is better!!!

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FiReaNG3L · Registered User Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 15

Given infinite time, only 1 person is necessary.

Just make the guy make 1 day walks, dropping 2 days of food there, coming back, again and again. Then, he can do the same thing from his first camp, making one day walks to his second 'camp', dropping 2 days of food, twice, coming back to his first camp to eat and stuff. And then go back to his second camp, and from there make a 4 days walk to his destination.

Sorry squidly, you almost had the answer

rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:22 pm Post subject:

God Mode

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ROOFCUTTER · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject:

Easy Target · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject:

crackhead_fred · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:27 pm Post subject:

Only one person is necessary. Just give him a lot of water and no food and he will be able to make the trip by himself with only water.

JtH · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:03 am Post subject:

honestly, what does it matter? you can always just not walk in the desert to begin with.
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.Bez · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:48 pm Post subject:

go downtown and by a mercury or two and you can make it in a fraction of the time using only you two feet to push pedals and your two hands to steer and shift....

FiReaNG3L · Registered User Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 15

The question should have been (for you answer to be better than mine) :

How many people (and how) will it take to help that person making it across the desert and those who as help making it back to the starting point in one single trip?

Else, it can be easily exploited by a simple loophole.

Still, nice little puzzle