Wednesday, December 3, 2008

life


One family wants to get through a tunnel. Dad can make it in 1 minute, mama in 2 minutes, son in 4 and daughter in 5 minutes. Unfortunately, through the tight tunnel can go at once not more than two persons moving at the speed of the slower one.Can they all make it if they have a torch that lasts only 12 minutes and they are afraid of the dark?


Sometimes that seems to be our own existence, needing something that seems impossible and being afraid of the dark. But this is obviously something with a trick answer. So no bonus for being the first to say yes. but the first with a real solution gets a candy bar. (More like life - a reward that is a penalty, but we still want it.)

2 comments:

Allie Hite said...

(1+2) = 2
1 returns = 3
(4+5) = 8
2 returns = 10
(1+2) = 12

this is Karl btw.

The Hites said...

That is right. Good jeorb!