Ice Breaker
Form teams of 2 or 3 and solve the following puzzle:
Four people come to a bridge. The bridge can hold only two people at
a time, and the group has only one flashlight that must be used to
cross the bridge. Once two peole get across, one must bring the
flashlight back. Each person walks at a different speed and the
slowest person dictates the speed with which two people will be able
to cross. Person 1 crosses in 1 minute, person 2 crosses in 2
minutes, person 3 crosses in 5 minutes, and person 4 crosses in 8
minutes. How fast can all four people get across the bridge?
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