Crossing the River : Solution
| The two children row to the opposite shore. One gets out and the other brings the boat back. One soldier rows across; soldier gets out, and child returns with boat. Thus it takes four crossings to get one man across and the boat brought back. Hence it takes four times 358, or 1432 journeys, to get the officer and his 357 men across the river and the children left in joint possession of their boat. |
