Lateral Thinking Puzzle
| Games : Puzzles Here is a puzzle you might like to try: 4 people need to cross a bridge. They take the following time to get across the bridge: Emma - 1 minute Tom - 2 minutes Dick - 5 minutes Harry - 10 minutes You can only go as fast as the slowest person. Thus, if Emma and Harry go across with the torch, it takes 10 minutes to get across. It is dark and they need to use 1 torch to get across and back. 2 go over, 1 comes back, 2 go over 1 comes back with the torch to get someone else etc. Can you get them all across in 17 minutes?
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