!riddle! with a little math?!
Question: so a man and his two children get
stranded at sea and sooner or later hit an uncharted island
so theyare there for a while and then they need to go to
a near by island beacuse of food shortage but they cant swim to it
because the water is shark infested so the dad builds a boat the problem is the boat can only hold 100 pounds,
The dad is 100 pounds exact
and the kids are 50 pounds each
How do they get to the other island
without building another boat or leaving each other behind?
Answers: so a man and his two children get
stranded at sea and sooner or later hit an uncharted island
so theyare there for a while and then they need to go to
a near by island beacuse of food shortage but they cant swim to it
because the water is shark infested so the dad builds a boat the problem is the boat can only hold 100 pounds,
The dad is 100 pounds exact
and the kids are 50 pounds each
How do they get to the other island
without building another boat or leaving each other behind?
1. Both kids # 1 and #2, go over to island B @ 50 lb each = 100 lb.
2. Kid #1 comes back to island A = 50 lb. Kid #2 waits at island B.
3. Father goes over to island B = 100 lb.
4. Kid #2 having waited at island B now comes back to island A = 50 lb.
5. Kid #1 had been waiting after going back to island A earlier but is glad to see Kid #2 coming back so they can finally get to island B and their father. 50 lb. times 2 = 100 lb.
4.
Easy...
Two 50lb kids go first from Islan 1 to 2= 100lbs
One Kid returns to Island 1 = 50lbs
Dad goes on his own to island 2 = 100lbs
Other kid goes from Island 2 to 1 = 50lbs
Both kids go and reunite with dad on Island 2 = 100lbs
Alternatively wait for the river to freeze and walk over the river :p
First the 2 chidren will go. One child will stay there and other child will come back with the boat.
Then the father will cross the sea, he will stay on the other side. And the child will bring back the boat.
Then the two children will cross the sea.
they should wait until their total weight becomes 100 pounds