SOLUTION: Two adults and three children with a canoe on moose island want to go to Canary island.The canoe can hold either one adult and one child or three children. how many trips does th

Question 288602: Two adults and three children with a canoe on moose island want to go to Canary island.The canoe can hold either one adult and one child or three children. how many trips does the canoe have to make from one island to the other to ferry everyone across ?
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Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Can't be done without sending at least 1 child on a return trip.
We don't know the ages of the children.
Are any of them able to paddle?
If we are magically returning the canoe then three trips
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I don't like this problem
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