Once upon a time, there is a special 7up store in GUB. If you return three empty [CO3] bottles to the shop, you'll get a full bottle of 7up to drink. If you have N empty bottles right in your hand, how many full bottles of 7up can you drink? Let me tell you how to drink 5 full bottles with 10 empty bottles: get 3 full bottles with 9 empty bottles, drink them to get 3 empty bottles, and again get a full bottle from them. Now you have 2 empty bottles. Borrow another empty bottle from the shop, then get another full bottle. Drink it, and finally return this empty bottle to the shop!

Once upon a time, there is a special 7up store in GUB. If you return three empty [CO3] bottles to the shop, you'll get a full bottle of 7up to drink. If you have N empty bottles right in your hand, how many full bottles of 7up can you drink? Let me tell you how to drink 5 full bottles with 10 empty bottles: get 3 full bottles with 9 empty bottles, drink them to get 3 empty bottles, and again get a full bottle from them. Now you have 2 empty bottles. Borrow another empty bottle from the shop, then get another full bottle. Drink it, and finally return this empty bottle to the shop!

Operations Research : Applications and Algorithms

4th Edition

ISBN:9780534380588

Author:Wayne L. Winston

Publisher:Wayne L. Winston

Chapter17: Markov Chains

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