there is a desert. a professor has to cross it n it takes
6days for him to cross. there are enough food reserves and
students who can help d professor cross d desert. each
person including professor can carry only 4 food packets
with him while crossing the desert. in d desert also, each
person can hav at the most 4 packets with him and they need
to eat one packet per person per day during their travel.
how wil d professor reach the other side of desert??

Answer Posted / madhu

2students wil help the professor for first 2 days like...
1 stud will give his 2 packets for the 2nd stud and prof,
then he went back(He ate 2packets - 1 for 1st day, 1 for
2nd day at the time of returning). Upto 2nd day prof and
stud didn't ate their food. The second day stud will give
the packet to prof and he went back (ate 3packets + 1packet
to prof) upto 3rd day prof didn't eat his packets. The
remaining 4packets for remaining 4 days.

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