Desert crossing puzzle: the minimum fuel problem
A puzzle from More Problematic Recreations, published by Litton Industries in the early 1960s:
A truck, when fully loaded, can carry enough fuel to take it half-way across a barren desert. If the truck can return to its starting point as often as is necessary, what is the minimum amount of fue…
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