Lol im getting confused by my nephews homework...

Hedge · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:02

Okay.. here it is...

2 Men and 2 Women want to sail to an island.
You have 1 boat..

The Boat will only hold 2 women OR 1 man...

How do you get all 4 of them to the island?

This is probably really easy lol

How can they get themselves over? They would have to come back to pick eachother up etc..

Im retarded

uber soldat · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:03

Hedge said:
Im retarded

You said it

Rich_L · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:04

2 women go

1 woman comes back

1 man goes

1 woman comes back

2 women go

1 woman comes back

1 man goes

1 woman comes back

2 women go

Solari · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:04

Or...

"You have 1 boat... how do YOU get them over"..

Surely you're the one in control of the boat so not a problem

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I just started drawing it out but got beaten by the above.. bleh

Confused · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:04

2 women across first
1 woman back
1 man goes over
1 woman back
1 man over
1 woman back
2 women over

That is assuming that it can hold up to, and doesn't have to be full

Edit: I'm an idiot, that's wrong - I submitted it before checking it! The other people along the similar lines are right...

Hedge · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:05

2 women go over...

1 comes back... a man goes over... then a woman comes back... 2 women go over.. 1 goes back... 1 man goes over... 1 woman comes back..

ah ha... think thats it

MarcLister · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:05

Assuming this is a small boat then it must be a reasonably short distance to sail otherwise the boat simply would not be suitable for the task.

So they swum.

Ciphon · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:05

Woman and Man
Drops the man off
Woman goes back and gets the other man
drops him off
goes back, collects the other woman, then back to the island with both woman

Hedge · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:06

Once i typed it out i kinda got it...

cheers dudes! lol

Beerbaron · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:07

1 mans sails and the rest water ski behind

Rroff · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:07

both women go over, leave one, guy goes over, women brings it back, both women go back and leaves one, women brings it back, guy goes over, the women goes back to pickup the other women.

EDIT lol should have known everyone else would say it before I posted.... quite proud I worked it out formyself this time tho heh usually I draw a blank.

steve-h · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:10

if it hasnt been said already

youre retarded

Raymond Lin · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:14

drag a man in a floaty behind the boat.

LOAM · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:15

send both women to the island, men go to pub.

Solari · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:16

1 man becomes Alpha, kills the other man as he's competition, rapes the women and then burns all the bodies.

Problem solved... 1 man 1 trip

knightrider. · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:17

Two men decide boat can take both of them, go over, collapse boat and get wet. There's a real life situation for you

Hedge · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:17

2nd Question!...

King arnold sits at his round table..

there are 3 empty seats

how many different ways can 3 knights sit in them 3 seats

V4NT0M · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:17

What a retarded boat.

I get around · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:17

One bloke kills the other with his bare hands, tells the women to get back to the kitchen and sails over to the island. Alpha male style.

EDIT: **** beaten to it.

LOAM · 25 Mar 2009 at 16:18

Hedge said:
2nd Question!...

King arnold sits at his round table..

there are 3 empty seats

how many different ways can 3 knights sit in them 3 seats

well one could be inverted at any one time i guess (providing the king didnt mind people looking at his royal nuts)