Puzzle: How Many Items?
An item is made from lead blanks in a lathe shop. Each blank suffices for 1 item. Lead shavings accumulated for making 6 items can be melted and made into a blank. How many items can be made from 36 blanks?
From 36 blanks, 36 items can be made. The lead shavings from these 36 are enough to make 6 blanks. Which make 6 more items. But don’t stop here. The new shavings from these 6 are good for 1 more item. This gives us a total of 43.
