no homework assignment - its part of the order entry system i'm working on to
determine packaging costs.

and this would be the least number of boxes - balanced with the lowest cost.

these containers will be used to ship frozen product overnight - so the
fewer the better and the most product packed in the least number of boxes is
my goal.

its been a while since i've been in class and my programming hasn't been
used in quite a long time.

thanks for the help!

J

"Jim Cone" wrote:

Gixxer_J,

Do you actually mean the least number of boxes or
the least cost?
Using the large box would always give you the
least number of boxes.

Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA

"Gixxer_J_97" wrote in message ...
i have 2 size shipping containers that are available
the large can hold up to 36 bags of product and the small up to 6 bags
how would i go about creating an algorithm that would calculate how many
(the least number) small and large boxes i would need to use?

I've gotten this far:

Bags Small Large
1-6 1 0
7-12 2 0
13-18 3 0
19-24 0 1
25-30 0 1
31-36 0 1
37-42 1 1
43-48 2 1
49-54 3 1
55-60 0 2
61-66 0 2
67-72 0 2
73-78 1 2
79-84 2 2
85-90 3 2
91-96 0 3
97-102 0 3
103-108 0 3
109-114 1 3
115-120 2 3
121-126 3 3
127-132 0 4
133-138 0 4
139-144 0 4
etc etc

and now i'm a bit stuck - any help is greatly appreciated

thanks!