Skip to content
LeetQuant

Medium · Brain Teasers & Logic · Numerical · ~8 min · #14

Four Crossers, One Lamp

Four people must cross a narrow bridge at night. At most two can be on the bridge at once, and any crossing (in either direction) requires the single lamp. Crossing alone takes them 1, 2, 5 and 10 minutes respectively; a pair moves at the slower person's pace.

What is the minimum total time needed to get everyone across?

Hints · 0 of 2 shown

Worked solution

Give the problem an honest attempt first, then reveal the full explanation.

Related questions

Concepts

Exchange argumentWhy greedy fails

Relevant for

Quant TraderQuant DeveloperDesk Quant