GUARDS AND PRISONERS

Author: Anonymous
9 years ago
Riddle: There are three guards and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time, and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of guards on either side of the river; otherwise, the prisoners will overpower the guards and, well, the story will come to an abrupt end. List each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat, and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip. How many trips it will take to safely transport all of the guards and prisoners across the river?
Answer: The riddle requires three trips to complete the task! First trip: G1 and G2 (guard #1 and guard #2) cross the riverSecond trip: P1 (Prisoner #1) and G3 (guard #3) cross the riverThird trip: G1, G2, P2 (Prisoner #2), and P3 (Prisoner #3) cross the river
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There are three guards and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time, and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of guards on either side of the river; otherwise, the prisoners will overpower the guards and, well, the story will come to an abrupt end. List each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat, and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip. How many trips it will take to safely transport all of the guards and prisoners across the river?
GUARDS AND PRISONERS by Anonymous v1.


Riddle: There are three guards and three prisoners who need to cross a river. Their boat only holds two people at a time, and the number of prisoners must NEVER be allowed to outnumber the number of guards on either side of the river; otherwise, the prisoners will overpower the guards and, well, the story will come to an abrupt end. List each of the trips that need to be made and who is in the boat, and who is on each of the riverbanks during each trip. How many trips it will take to safely transport all of the guards and prisoners across the river? Answer: The riddle requires three trips to complete the task! First trip: G1 and G2 (guard #1 and guard #2) cross the riverSecond trip: P1 (Prisoner #1) and G3 (guard #3) cross the riverThird trip: G1, G2, P2 (Prisoner #2), and P3 (Prisoner #3) cross the river
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