[Rhodes22-list] not much chatter new subject "apples"

[Michael Meltzer]

should never ask a computer programmer a binary question :-)
2^7 or 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

MJM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Tavares" <sprocket80@mail.com>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 1:11 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] not much chatter new subject "apples"


> Not much chatter today so I will ask a riddle...if it's ok.
>
>
>      A boy went into an orchard to steal some apples.  On the way out he passed seven guards which stopped and questioned him.
Each time he was stopped by one of the seven guards,  he had to bribe the guard with half of the remaining apples plus one.  If
after stopping for the seven guards, he left the orchard with only one apple,  how many did he start with?
>
>
> Todd
>
> PS  There is a solution. some may get it right off...it took me about 10 minutes to figure it out.
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