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From: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Re: arctic exploring (solution)SPOILER
Message-ID: <1272@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 27-Aug-84 10:31:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1272
Posted: Mon Aug 27 10:31:15 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 29-Aug-84 00:59:14 EDT
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Reply-To: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mark Biggar)
Organization: System Development Corporation, Santa Monica
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Summary: 

The original problem does not require that the explorer return to alaska.
Therefore, the explorer needs only two associates to make it to the north
pole.  The three men start out with 12 units of food.  After traveling 1 day,
one gives a unit of food to each of the others (they now have 8), takes
his one remaining unit of food and returns.  After another day of travel
the explorer take 4 units of food (enough to get ot the base) and goes on
leaving 2 units for the other man to use to return.

Mark Biggar
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