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Mad Ade has a greedy pet bear that will eat 65lbs of fish each day, except every 6th day which it will only eat 45lbs. Mad Ade is going away for 200 days, and is leaving his friend to feed the bear. How many pounds of fish will Mad Ade need to order to be delivered while he is away?
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ya i got 12,355 but i've been known to do some fuzzy math... good one!!!
Does the bear hibernate?
I get 12,340 pounds, minus the weight of your friend.
Good Teaser. I agree with norcekri on the friend, unless the bear already knew them.
It depends on which day in the cycle that Mad-Ade leaves. If he leaves on the 2nd or 3rd day, he only needs 12,320 lbs.
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