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

[Rik Sandberg]

Hmmm......... Figuring the odd apple first, I come up with 255, 127, 63, 31,
15, 7, 3 then one
Guards got 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, and 2.

Math instructor didn't happen to mention the possibility of more than one
answer, did he??? :-)

Rik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Tavares" <sprocket80@mail.com>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 12:11 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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