Minus' Solution to

Going Goats
Posted August 25 - 31, 1997

First Sister and Mama cross. That takes 5 minutes.
Sister returns. That takes 4 minutes.
Then Brother and Papa cross. That takes 10 minutes.
Mama returns. That takes 5 minutes.
Sister and Mama cross. That takes 5 minutes.
Total: 29 minutes

That is faster than this method:
First Sister and Mama cross. That takes 5 minutes.
Sister returns. That takes 4 minutes.
Sister and Brother cross. That takes 10 minutes.
Sister returns. That takes 4 minutes.
Sister and Papa cross. That takes 8 minutes.
Total: 31 minutes

It looks like Minus had an official shut-out this week. No one came up with the correct solution?!!

Most potential feeders came up with Scenario #2, which had the family crossing in 31 minutes. But as we all know, 29 minutes beats out 31 minutes by a whooping 2 minutes.

Credit goes out to the would-be-chefs who sent Minus some very entertaining goat stories. We'll be sure to pass those to the Creative Writers' Guild.

Til' next week...