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  ^moderator Pokah GuruPosts: 8981 |
Logic puzzle for today!Dec 5, 2008 02:44 AM. Post 1 |
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Hi everyone, Seeing as the festive season is around the corner. I thought I'd post this logic puzzle. I know that it has nothing to do with the festive season but found it very interesting. Here goes: Three cannibals and three anthropologists have to cross a river. The boat they have is only big enough for two people. The cannibals will do as requested, even if they are on the other side of the river, with one exception. If at any point in time there are more cannibals on one side of the river than anthropologists, the cannibals will eat them. What plan can the anthropologists use for crossing the river so they don't get eaten? Note: One anthropologist can not control two cannibals on land, nor can one anthropologist on land control two cannibals on the boat if they are all on the same side of the river. This means an anthropologist will not survive being rowed across the river by a cannibal if there is one cannibal on the other side. Lets see who gets this one. Cheers, Celine  |
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^moderator Pokah Guru Posts: 8981 |
RE: Logic puzzle for today!Dec 5, 2008 02:45 AM. Post 2 |
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I will post the answer later today  |
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^moderator Pokah Guru Posts: 8981 |
RE: Logic puzzle for today!Dec 7, 2008 06:44 AM. Post 4 |
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Hi all, Sorry got back late with the answer. It looks like you have it mattymc 13. You are very close  .Here goes: First, two cannibals go across to the other side of the river, then the rower gets called back. Next, the rowing cannibal takes the second across and then gets called back, so now there are two cannibals on the far side. Two anthropologists go over, then one anthropologist accompanies one cannibal back, so now there is one anthropologist and one cannibal on the far side. The last two anthropologists go over to the far side, so now all the anthropologists are across the other side, along with the boat and one cannibal. In two trips, the cannibal on the far side takes the boat and ferries the other two cannibals across the river Cheers, Celine
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