A family of 5 people need to cross a river by boat. The boat can hold a maximum of 2 people.
Individual crossing times:
Important: When two people are in the boat, it travels at the speed of the slower person.
Goal: Get the entire family across in 30 seconds or less.
Can you find the optimal sequence?
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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