Saturday, September 19, 2009

River crossing puzzle

There are 3 couples who want to cross the river.

Raja-wife A - P
Wajir-wife B - Q
Sainik-wife C - R

Rule s
1. There is a boat of capacity 2.
2. Saink and his wife cant travel with other fours since they are of low category
3. If on any side there is a single man with either 2 or 3 wives, he will run away with them .For the sake of simplicity I assumed the characters as below and in same order –

Males - A B C

Females -P Q R

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