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

[Michael Meltzer]

I am assuming apples are integers here, no mention of a knife and talk a bite out of a bribe would lead is just to much of a pun to
think about :-), now are we talking about "real" apples :-) and is it solvable with precision :-) and maybe I should not talk about
precision boating here :-)

MJM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Kaynor" <mark@kaynor.org>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] not much chatter new subject "apples"


> but 1/2 of 3 = 1.5 less one would leave him w/ 1/2 apple....
>
> Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 1:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] not much chatter new subject "apples"
>
>
> > sorry miss the "one" make that a 2^x-1 pattern
> >
> > 255 127 63 31 15 7 3 1
> >
> > MJM
> >
> > BTW can someone carry that many apples?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
> > To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 1:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] not much chatter new subject "apples"
> >
> >
> > > 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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