A detachment of 3 soldiers must cross a river. Two boys are playing in a rowboat by the shore.
Boat capacity:
Goal: Get all 3 soldiers across, leaving the boys with the boat on the original side.
Note: We've simplified this to 3 soldiers instead of 25 to make the interactive manageable. The algorithm is the same—it just repeats!
How this panel works
Click or drag a person from the bank with the boat into the boat. Click a person in the boat to put them back on that bank, then press Sail.
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