I call upon all that are brave enough!

[killergamer]

Who here is ready for a brain teaser? Can you stretch your brain far enough to answer this super question? Who here is the Einstien of TBCS!

Point A ----------------------------------------------- Point B
^^^^^^^^^^^^1,000 Miles^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You have 3,000 Bananas
The goal is to try to get as many of the Bananas to Point B using your trusty camel! YES A CAMEL! (I'll name him Bob, you can name him what ever you want)
Bob the Camel can only carry 1,000 bananas at any one time.
Bob also must eat 1 banana for every mile he walks.
Ex. Bob walks 10 miles he must eat 10 bananas to get to the spot then 10 more to get the 10 miles back.
Hint: The answer is not 3,000.

+Rep to any one that gets it correct
And for those who are wondering, this is a question that my math class was asked for fun.

[farlo]

hidden answer:

500?

edit: just wrote it down and writing the answer out confuses me so i think im right, but im probably wrong.

[Luke122]

If he eats 1 for every mile, and he walks 1000 miles, and he can only carry 1000, then by the time he gets from A to B, he's got no bananas left. So that means you arrive at point B with 0 bananas with you, and 2000 still sitting at point A.

So here's the tricky part.. can you not eat until you arrive at B? If so, then 1000 bananas arrive at B, and you eat umm.. camel food. Then you take camel food back with you to eat all the way to A, and then repeat.

*Edit* I just realized that you dont necessarily have to go the whole way on each trip.. working it out now.

Answer: 500.

[Airbozo]

So what is the question?

[Luke122]

LOL... I assumed the question to be, "How many bananas can you get from A to B"

[killergamer]

Yes, what is the max amount of bananas you can get to Point B? Its actually not 500! Keep trying!

[rendermandan]

For every 10 miles he moves, he needs to eat double that. or 20. so he needs to eat 2/3 total. so if there are only 3000, he can only have 1000 left over.

So 1000 is my answer.

[x88x]

renderman has the correct answer, but no process. How about this:

We have to assume 1 thing: Bob can store bananas. For example, he eats 10 bananas, then walks 10 miles. If we assume that, we can do the following:
1) Eat 1000 bananas.
2) Pick up 1000 bananas, take them to the 500 mile point, drop them, and come back.
3) Pick up the last 1000 bananas and take them to the 500 mile point, eating one each mile.
4) You now have 500 bananas on Bob and 1000 on the ground in front of you (at the 500 mile point).
5) Eat 500 bananas.
6) Pick up the remaining 1000 and continue to the end.

Of course, you could also just have Bob eat 2000 bananas, carry the remaining 1000 to the end, then walk around for 1000 more miles just for fun...

[billygoat333]

Of course, you could also just have Bob eat 2000 bananas, carry the remaining 1000 to the end, then walk around for 1000 more miles just for fun...

although after 2000 bananas your camel won't be walking, he will be busy fertilizing the sand for quite a while.

[x88x]

Then we can grow more bananas! Who wants to leave point A anyways.