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Two people come to a river. There is a boat, however it can carry one person only...

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Two people come to a river. There is a boat, however it can carry one person only. How can they each get to the other side of the river using the boat?

posted Jan 16, 2015 by Anuradha Tabyal

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They are on opposite sides of the river (no where does it said that they come to the river together!).

One simply uses the boat to cross the river and the other person gets into the boat and takes it back to where it started.

answer Jan 16, 2015 by Jaspalsingh Parmar
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The boys start on opposite sides of the river.

answer Jan 16, 2016 by anonymous
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Fix a roap on boat

answer Jan 17, 2016 by anonymous
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may b both are standing in opposite river sides

answer Oct 23, 2016 by anonymous
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Might be there is one on opposite of the bank.

answer Oct 24, 2016 by Subhash Gupta
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They are standing at the opposite sides

answer Oct 26, 2016 by Dilip Lalwani



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