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parents with two children-s on and a daughter-came to a wide river. there was no bridge there. The only way to ge to the other side was to ask a fisherman if he could lend them his boat. How does the family get to the other side and return the boat to the fisherman?
Has me stumped.
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Has me stumped.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.First go the children. Son comes back, and father goes on the other side to his daughter. Then daughter goes back to pick her brother up and they both go to the other side to the father. Son comes back to give the boat to mother who goes to the other side (to father and daughter). Daughter jumps in and goes to her brother so they can both return to their parents. Daughter gets off and son gives the boat back on the first side of the river to the fisherman, who goes on the other side. There the daughter jumps in and goes to her brother to take him back to parents where she (where the whole family meets at last) returns the boat to the fisherman. The boat crossed the river 13 times.
Two children go over
One child comes back
One adult goes over
One child comes back
Two children go over
One child comes back
The other adult goes over,
One child comes back
Two children go over
One child comes back
The fisherman goes over
One child comes back
Two children go over
The fisherman comes back
One child comes back
One adult goes over
One child comes back
Two children go over
One child comes back
The other adult goes over,
One child comes back
Two children go over
One child comes back
The fisherman goes over
One child comes back
Two children go over
The fisherman comes back