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i think i got this...
The mother and man go across
the mother comes back and takes one daughter over.
The man and mother come back.
the mother takes the last daughter over.
The mother comes back
the mother and man go over.
The man comes back.
the policeman and robber go across.
The mother comes back.
the man and mother go across.
the man comes back
the man goes across with one son.
the woman and man come back.
the man brings last son over.
the man comes back and picks up the woman!!!!!


the parts in bold should be "the mother comes back" 1st and then "the man comes back" but other than that congrat...

no, because then the man would be left with the girls
Why do you guys make it so complicated?
You can have it this way. I'm sure it can be an answer.
Send two daughters or sons first to the other side.
Send the other two daughters or sons to the other side.
Send over both man and woman to the other side.
Then finally the cop and robber go last.. in fact they can go first even.
This riddle has too many possible outcomes.
How about one very very similar. It's a little less complicated.
You have a boat, a chicken, a sack of corn and a wolf. Why you have a wolf? I don't know.
You must get the chicken, the corn and the wolf onto the boat to reach the other side of the river.
You want to make it as efficient as possible, so there is
only one boat trip.Given the size of the animals and the sack of corn...
you can only bring over one animal/item across the deck and onto the boat at a time.However,
the chicken will eat the corn if you leave it unattended and
the wolf wll eat the chicken if unattended.You must find a way to get all three over onto the boat.
How do you do so?