Answer to the Problem of the Week for the week of February 06, 2006 |
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The Crossing Problem |
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Solve the problem presented in the second panel of the comic strip above. Explain how to get all three animals across the river safely! |
Solution to the Problem: |
First, take the fox over and drop him off. Here are some more challenging crossing problems (with answers) that have appeared as previous Problems of the Week: U2 Crossing Problem Three Jealous Men and Their Wives The Wolf, the Goat, and the Head of Cabbage The Boat Problem with the Family of Four |
1. Tom Robb | Winchester, Virginia |
2. Mike Singer | Winchester, Virginia |
3. Anil Nataraj And Sagar Patel | Columbus, Georgia |
4. Walt Arrison | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
5. Shaan Arora | Columbus, Georgia |
6. David & Judy Dixon | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
7. John Funk | Ventura, California |
8. Chris Rogers | Lord Fairfax Community College Middletown, Virginia |
9. Richard Mocarski | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
10. Maggie Morrison | Winchester, Virginia |
11. Danny Bintrim | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
12. Bill Funk | San Antonio, Texas |
13. Garrett Hix | Columbus, Georgia |
14. Yassee Pirooz | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
15. Britney White | Columbus, Georgia |
16. Erin Fennacy | Fresno, California |
17. Suzie Chhouk | Long Beach, California |
18. Angelo Leone | Middletown, Connecticut |
19. Mrinal Singh | Happy Valley, Shillong, India |
20. Daniel Wilberger | James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia |
21. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint Flint, Michigan |
22. Dana Moats | Ft. Eustis, Virginia |
23. Emily Powell | Winchester, Virginia |
24. Heather Brown | Winchester, Virginia |
25. Tristan Collins | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia |
26. Slayton Gilmore | Columbus, Georgia |
27. Roni Egley | Mountain View, Wyoming |
28. Eric Harding | Fort Collins, Colorado |
29. Bryan Welchman | ---------- |
30. Julianne Harris | Winchester, Virginia |
31. Jamie Marie Carder | Mountain View, Wyoming |
32. Scott Meeks and Seth Bindl | Mountain View, Wyoming |
33. Samantha Schultz | Mountain View, Wyoming |
34. Rachel Pridgen | Columbus, Georgia |
35. Praveen Nandamuru | Columbus, Georgia |
36. Liz Blackwell | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
37. Carter Galbraith | Columbus, Georgia |
38. Matt Arnsbrak | Winchester, Virginia |
39. Billy Sutherland | Winchester, Virginia |
40. Kelley Kolar | Winchester, Virginia |
41. Nicholas Caligaris | Columbus, Georgia |
42. Raymond Lindsey | Dandridge, Tennessee |
43. Amber Micheli | Mountain View, Wyoming |
44. Jerome Pierce | Columbus, Georgia |
45. Russell Beaty | Columbus, Georgia |
46. Jeffrey Gaither | University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia |
47. Keith Mealy | Cincinnati, Ohio |
48. Georgia Shelton | ---------- |
49. Stephen O'Hara | Winchester, Virginia |
50. Elizabeth Carlson | Winchester, Virginia |
51. Andrew Montoya | Winchester, Virginia |
52. Lura Moomaw | Winchester, Virginia |
53. Abby Kowalski | Winchester, Virginia |
54. Bert Lamb | ---------- |
55. Lauren Coles | Chelmsford, Massachussetts |
56. Brandon Green | ---------- |
57. Paden Atkins | Mountain View, Wyoming |
58. R.L. Colangelo | Mountain View, Wyoming |
59. Justin Fernicola | Columbus, Georgia |
60. Kushal Palkhiwala | ---------- |
61. Laura Gronauer | ---------- |
62. Karla Murillo | Winchester, Virginia |
63. Stephanie Baldwin | Winchester, Virginia |
64. Cody Vance | Winchester, Virginia |
65. Ben Swartz | Winchester, Virginia |
66. Andrew Barnes | Winchester, Virginia |
67. Hamza Rashid | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
68. Arsalan Heydarian | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
69. Kristi Armentrout | ---------- |
70. Bharvi Desai | Columbus, Georgia |
71. Laura Minnis | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
72. Kshitij (Chris) Mehrotra | Elgin, Illinois |
73. Zaza Carlzon | Tullängsskolan, Sweden |
74. Anna Lindqvist | Tullängsskolan, Sweden |
75. Patrick Roddy | Turnersville, New Jersey |
76. Sharina Smith | Newport News, Virginia |
77. Jack Kang | North Chelmsford, Massachusetts |
78. Tori Toczylowski | ---------- |
79. Marc Russello | ---------- |
80. Bobby Arthur | Winchester, Virginia |
81. Javier Johnson | ---------- |
82. Ashley Faucher | Winchester, Virginia |