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Oscarlevin at 22:56, 11 January 2012

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	==Meta-puzzle==		==Meta-puzzle==

	In general, if a building has <~~math~~>m</~~math~~> elevators which can each visit at most <~~math~~>n</~~math~~> floors, how many floors could the building have if you must be able to get from any one floor to any other floor by using a single elevator?		In general, if a building has <m>m</m> elevators which can each visit at most <m>n</m> floors, how many floors could the building have if you must be able to get from any one floor to any other floor by using a single elevator?

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Oscarlevin at 01:13, 8 June 2010

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			==Puzzle==

	The superintendent of an apartment building tells you that his building has seven elevators. Each elevator stops on at most 6 ﬂoors. He also tells you that you can get to any one ﬂoor from any other ﬂoor without changing elevators (if you take the right elevator). What is the largest number of ﬂoors that the building could have?		The superintendent of an apartment building tells you that his building has seven elevators. Each elevator stops on at most 6 ﬂoors. He also tells you that you can get to any one ﬂoor from any other ﬂoor without changing elevators (if you take the right elevator). What is the largest number of ﬂoors that the building could have?

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	In general, if a building has <math>m</math> elevators which can each visit at most <math>n</math> floors, how many floors could the building have if you must be able to get from any one floor to any other floor by using a single elevator?		In general, if a building has <math>m</math> elevators which can each visit at most <math>n</math> floors, how many floors could the building have if you must be able to get from any one floor to any other floor by using a single elevator?

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The superintendent of an apartment building tells you that his building has seven elevators. Each elevator stops on at most 6 ﬂoors. He also tells you that you can get to any one ﬂoor from any other ﬂoor without changing elevators (if you take the right elevator). What is the largest number of ﬂoors that the building could have?

==Meta-puzzle==

In general, if a building has <math>m</math> elevators which can each visit at most <math>n</math> floors, how many floors could the building have if you must be able to get from any one floor to any other floor by using a single elevator?

[[Category: Optimization puzzles]]