
Problem of the Week
Problem
B
Picking
Fruit
Kelvin has a part-time job picking apples. Each day, he starts with an
empty container, which can hold
apples, and puts the apples that he picks into the container. Kelvin is
finished his work for the day if either hours have passed or he has filled the
container.
Kelvin picks apples on the
first day, and each day steadily improves the rate at which he picks
apples by picking more apples than
the day before.
After how many days of working can he fill the container in less than
hours?
Theme: Algebra