Dafoe, The Lone Entrepreneur is a very ambitious man. He wants to make $1000 in the shortest amount of time! He starts out with $0 but is currently receiving $5 per day and he can purchase the following shops at any given time:

1-Shack. Cost: $10 Income: $5/day
2-Mall. Cost $25 Income $15/day
3-Shopping Center. Cost $150 Income $150/day

The money is always paid in at night and Dafoe can purchase as many new shops as his money allows in the mornings.

What would be the best sequence of shops to be purchased to to have a balance of $1000 on hand?

How many days would that take?

Money spent comes out of his balance and so is no longer part of the needed total balance of $1000.

Dafoe is a very lazy man.

He wants to make the $1000 as quickly as possible, but he doesn't want to have to control a lot of buildings.

Would anyone like to try and minimize the number of buildings needed to still make the $1000 by the night after day 12?

My best so far is 8.

Posted by Justin on 2006-02-02 10:47:24