Bridge Crossing in Minimal Time

A family is trapped in a jungle. There is a bridge which can lead them to safety. But at one time, the bridge can only allow two people to pass through. Also, all of them are afraid of the dark and thus, they can't go alone.

Father takes 1 minute to cross, the mother takes 2 minutes, the son takes 4 and the daughter takes 5 minutes. While crossing the time taken will be according to the slower one. How can they all reach the other side in the minimum possible time?




Similar Riddles

What Does this text mean:

important=important

Asked by Neha on 20 Dec 2025


What's the only room from which no one can enter or leave

Asked by Neha on 15 Apr 2024

What do you think with the below Picture ?

Easy Rebus Teaser

Asked by Neha on 17 Mar 2021


In a classic wine shop, the list of three most popular wines are:
- The cost of 1 French wine bottle: 500$
- The cost of 1 German wine bottle: 100$
- The cost of 20 Dutch wine bottles: 100$

John entered the wine shop and he needs to buy
- All three types of wine bottles.
- Needs to buy Dutch wine bottles in multiples of 20.
- Need to buy 100 wine bottles in total.

John has only 10000$. How many wine bottles of each type, John must buy?

Asked by Neha on 19 Aug 2023

What will you call your mother's brother's brother-in-law?

Asked by Neha on 15 Jul 2024

If you remove one from eleven, it becomes ten. If you remove one from nine, it becomes ten.

How is this possible?

Asked by Neha on 25 Sep 2023


What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see?

Asked by Neha on 14 Sep 2021

What word is identified by the below rebus?

Your Your Your Your Your
Your Your Your Your Your

Asked by Neha on 27 Jul 2023

Look at the picture and find out which square is not linked with any of the other squares.

Squares not Connected

Asked by Neha on 31 Mar 2024


Solve the equation in the image by looking at the pattern closely.

Match the Box

Asked by Neha on 15 Feb 2024

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Challenging

There is a cryptic organization called Cicada 3301 that posts challenging puzzles online, possibly to recruit codebreakers and linguists.