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What is highest number of apples you can get to Bananaville?

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You have been given the task of transporting 3,000 apples 1,000 miles from Appleland to Bananaville.
Your truck can carry 1,000 apples at a time.
Every time you travel a mile towards Bananaville you must pay a tax of 1 apple
but you pay nothing when going in the other direction (towards Appleland).

What is highest number of apples you can get to Bananaville?

posted May 2, 2018 by anonymous

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