Jane Street

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You have 3,000 apples in Edinburgh and want to transfer as many apples as possible to London. You have a truck with a maximum capacity of 1,000 apples. London is 1,000 miles away from Edinburgh, and when the truck is carrying apples, it consumes one apple per mile traveled. What is the maximum number of apples you can deliver to London?

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