Hi guys, I was doing a problem-solving question and came across this, I have no idea what to do or where to even start Part a) 5 Presidents and their 5 Bodyguards want to cross a river. They have a boat that can hold at most 3 people. If a President is without their own Bodyguard when other Bodyguards are there then they will be killed. How would you get them all safely across the river? Part b) Suppose in the above problem but we only had 4 Presidents and 4 Bodyguards, how would you change the solution to part (a) to arrive at a solution to this?

Hi guys, I was doing a problem-solving question and came across this, I have no idea what to do or where to even start Part a) 5 Presidents and their 5 Bodyguards want to cross a river. They have a boat that can hold at most 3 people. If a President is without their own Bodyguard when other Bodyguards are there then they will be killed. How would you get them all safely across the river? Part b) Suppose in the above problem but we only had 4 Presidents and 4 Bodyguards, how would you change the solution to part (a) to arrive at a solution to this?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

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