Camel math

[nuune]

At least my theory is the only theory that works

 

 

underdog, there is no other way I could get different answer, my first post was kind confusing but I didn't exceeded the 10,000kg as you said!

 

 

here is an easy way which I got the same number of 500kg, you have to know, the 500kg is the minimum and maxsimum number as well!

 

you have 10,000kg of grass:

0km - 250km- take 1,000kg of grass, put down 500kg, go back do this 10 times,the tenth time, you dont return, you saved 250kg of grass.

 

5,000kg was already put down there plus your saved 250kg add them=5250kg of grass

 

you have 5250kg of grass:

250km - 500km- take 1,000kg of grass,put down 500kg, do this 5 times,the fifth time, you dont return, you saved 250kg of grass

 

 

you have 2,500kg of grass:

500km - 750km- take 1,000kg of grass,put down 500kg, return again, take 1,000kg of grass, put down 500kg, go back take the last 500kg, now you have 1250kg of grass.

 

you have 1250kg of grass:

750km - 1000km- head straight to damascus with 625kg of grass, put down 125kg of grass, go back, get the last 625kg of grass, now the camel ate 3x250=750kg is eaten by the camel, which leaves to us

1250-750kg of grass=500kg

 

 

Could anyone else please come up different answer,

 

Oggie,using the way you did, say, the camel eats 5000kg of khat on the half way, the camel didn't eat all 5,000kg of khat grass, it actually ate 4,750 kg of grass saving 250kg cuz it didnt make the last return cuz of nothing is left there, but again following this, you can't do this in damascus coming back again and again of more than 5 times, even if you do that, the camel ate 4,750kg of khat grass, it didn't make the last return saving 250kg of khat grass, add the two saved grasses: 250+250=500kg of khat grass :eek:

 

 

countless ways I can do it, and I always end up with 500kg of qat grass, damn it, why is this number, even the way I told oggie girl, I end up 500kg of qat grass, drug addict, hellllllll!!!!

 

 

Could anyone else please come up different number from mine so I can c where I got it wrong since my theory is perfect and number is wrong as underdog said :mad:

[underdog]

Try this method. The camel will only move in increments of one mile.

 

you consume 19 kg to move the remaining 9981 kg 1 mile

 

after 53 miles/trips you reach have 8993kg left and from that point need only 17 kg per mile.

 

after 59 miles (112 total) it is 7990 -15/mile

 

66 more (178) will get to 7000 kg -13/mile

 

77 more (255) is 5999 - 11/mile

 

91 more (346) is 4998 - 9/mile

 

111 more (457) is 3999 - 7/mile

 

143 more (600) is 2998 - 5/mile

 

200 more (800) is 1998 - 3/mile

 

final 200 (1000) needs 600 kg leaving you with 1398 kg

[sheherazade]

LoL I can't let it go either.

 

I think this is integration no?

 

Anyway, Nuune, I did what you did and came up with 1000kg- without returning to base.

 

you have 5250kg of grass:

250km - 500km- take 1,000kg of grass,put down 500kg, do this 5 times,the fifth time, you dont return, you saved 250kg of grass

 

 

you have 2,500kg of grass:

 

It's 2750kg at this point not 2500kg.

 

Like I said I used your method but cheated cause I'm lazy and made this formula to repeat what you did.

 

y = n(1000-2x)+ x

 

y is the weight of grass remaining at any given time

n is the number of times a 1000kg is picked up

x is the chosen increment by which you move(fixed at 250 in your case)

 

It worked at out at 1000kg at Damascus.

 

Integration, somebody do it that way and put me out of this misery.

[sheherazade]

UD, and if u moved by a half mile increment you would end up with a higher weight of grass at Damascus. Is there a conclusive answer to this?

 

By the way, what happened to RETURNING?

 

crazy ish

[underdog]

after reviewing the question further...I see that no return trip considerations were made...so you would be correct with a mouth ful of grass in damascus

[nuune]

sheherazade, waa wthanks, I forgot to add that saved 250kg of qat grass.

 

 

Underdog, the way you did it is even much more crazy than ours, no return needed, waaw, that means u have to suffer, the journey will be like one thousand days if you do it the way you shown

[underdog]

what ever it takes to get the job done.

[sheherazade]

^u sound like a general.

 

If we're going to consider practicality I'd rather reach Damascus with a camel's mouthful of grass than be the butt of every joke shared by nomads between there and Cairo who'd have seen me come and go come and go...