puzzle

three missionaries and three cannibals need to cross a river in a boat that can hold only two people.the missionaries must be careful to never allow the cannibals to outnumber them on either shore. how can everyone cross the river?

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Celestine preetham ·

this is a classic

have done it many times

62
Lokesh Verma ·

yup this one is alll over the internet by different names...

There was a flash game i played once... :)

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ANKIT MAHATO ·

yup i have played the flash game too ....

1
Aditya ·

hehe...me too :P :P :P

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Aditya ·

@Honey,

then who will bring the boat back? !

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bagla93 ·

1-Two cannibals go
2-One cannibal returns
3-Again two cannibals go
4-One cannibal returns
5-Two missionaries go
6-One missionary and one cannibal returns
7-Two missionaries go
8-One cannibal returns
9-two cannibals go
10-one cannibal returns back
11-and finally two cannibals crosses the river.......

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