Posts

Puzzle : And Escape Story of Robbers Continues


Where story begins?

Babylas, Hilary, and Sosthenes have escaped the tower and divided their treasure into three bags. But now they must cross a river, and the boat can accommodate only two men at a time, or one man and a bag. None will trust another with his bag on the shore, but they agree that a man in the boat can be trusted to drop or retrieve a bag at either shore, as he’ll be too busy to tamper with it.



 How can they cross the river?


 

Solution: Robbers' Planned Journey Across the River


Let's recall that the boat can accommodate only two men at a time, or one man and a bag.

1. Sosthenes takes his bag across the river leaves it at other shore & comes back.

2. Sosthenes takes Hilari's bag to the other shore & leaves it there where his own bag is already there. 


Robbers' Planned Journey Across the River

3. Now, Hilari takes Sosthenes to the other shore, leaves him there & come back after recollecting own bag.


Robbers' Planned Journey Across the River

4. Hilari drops own bag at near shore & takes Babylas to other shore & returns back.


Robbers' Planned Journey Across the River

5. Next, he takes Babylas's bag & drops it at other shore where Babylas is waiting for his bag. And Hilary returns once again.

6. Finally, he collects his own bag and takes it to other shore.


Robbers' Planned Journey Across the River

Follow me on Blogarama