Three couples - Revision history

Zerrakhi at 13:06, 21 October 2010

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	On the way back, two extra couples have joined the group. Luckily, the boat has been upgraded and can now accommodate three passengers at a time. Sadly, the wives are just as suspicious as before. How can the group cross?		On the way back, two extra couples have joined the group. Luckily, the boat has been upgraded and can now accommodate three passengers at a time. Sadly, the wives are just as suspicious as before. How can the group cross?

			In another presentation of this puzzle, the couples are replaced by pairs of knights and pages. Any page left in the company of another knight, without his own knight to protect him, would either be killed or would die of fright.

	==See also==		==See also==

Oscarlevin at 13:56, 5 July 2010

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Oscarlevin at 15:41, 19 May 2010

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Oscarlevin at 15:36, 19 May 2010

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Oscarlevin at 15:00, 19 May 2010

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Oscarlevin at 16:03, 5 April 2010

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	Three couples are on a safari, when they come to a river. The only way for them to cross is with a small rowboat which can only accommodate two people at a time. Complicating the process is the fact that the women are all the jealous type, and refuse to leave their significant other in the presence pf another woman unless she is there as well. How can the couples cross the river without any romantic strife?		Three couples are on a safari, when they come to a river. The only way for them to cross is with a small rowboat which can only accommodate two people at a time. Complicating the process is the fact that the women are all the jealous type, and refuse to leave their significant other in the presence pf another woman unless she is there as well. How can the couples cross the river without any romantic strife?

			==Variations==

			On the way back, two extra couples have joined the group. Luckily, the boat has been upgraded and can now accommodate three passengers at a time. Sadly, the wives are just as suspicious as before. How can the group cross?

	==See also==		==See also==

Oscarlevin: Created page with 'Here is a crossing puzzle similar to Cannibals and missionaries. I first saw this in Averbach and Chein. ==Puzzle== Three couples are on a safari, when they come to a rive…'

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Created page with 'Here is a crossing puzzle similar to Cannibals and missionaries. I first saw this in Averbach and Chein. ==Puzzle== Three couples are on a safari, when they come to a rive…'

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Here is a crossing puzzle similar to [[Cannibals and missionaries]]. I first saw this in Averbach and Chein.

==Puzzle==

Three couples are on a safari, when they come to a river. The only way for them to cross is with a small rowboat which can only accommodate two people at a time. Complicating the process is the fact that the women are all the jealous type, and refuse to leave their significant other in the presence pf another woman unless she is there as well. How can the couples cross the river without any romantic strife?

==See also==
[[Cannibals and missionaries]]

[[Farmer's wolf, goat, and cabbage]]

[[Four travelers]]

[[Category: Crossing puzzles]]
[[Category: Graph theory]]