14september2010

Cross the river Athlete-Coach puzzle Solution

There are three Athletes (Lavesh, Tarun and Harish) and their individual Coaches (Meher, Meenaxi and priyanka) standing on the shore.
No Coach trusts their Athlete to be near any other Coach unless they are also with them.
There is a boat that can hold a maximum of two persons.
How can the six people get across the river?

Solution:

Lavesh and Tarun cross, Lavesh returns
Lavesh and Harish cross, Harish returns
Coaches Meher and Meenaxi cross to join their Athletes
Tarun and Meenaxi return
Meenaxi and priyanka cross, Lavesh returns
* All three Coaches are across
Lavesh and Tarun cross, Coach priyanka returns
DONE!