The King of Honolulu tells his two sons to race their ships to a distant city to see who will inherit his fortune. The one whose ship is slower will win. The brothers, after wandering aimlessly for days, ask a wise man for advice. After hearing the advice they jump on the ships and race as fast as they can to the city.
What does the wise man say?
This is one of the classical puzzles and very old. So may be you done this already.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
since 1 January 2008.
2 comments:
i think he says that the other brother will always try to be slower so he will keep wandering and wandering and may never go to the city. so maybe it was better for him to at least go to the city. also the king said whose ship was slower will win. the son may then say that the speed of his ship was slower still he reached first because he came straight.
The answer is as follows:
The wise man tells them to exchange their ships
Post a Comment