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

[Todd Tavares]

ok
butnnot right  lol    what about the one?   I couldn't find my TI-83


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:30:08 -0400 
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
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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