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My air is my air!  Screw the rest of them!  Beat the diver with the
light over the head, steal the light, and go.  Leave the rest to fend
for themselves!

<JK> <JK> <JK> <JK>

Although there are some on this list that would probably do just
that...  And scarier still is that there are some on this list that
would TEACH that!

As far as the riddle goes, my answer is 12.278.

-Erik


RLatulip@ao*.co* wrote:

> You have a restriction in a cave.  And there is a team
> of four divers.
>
> The divers have varying swim paces.
>
> It takes diver one 5 min to swim the restriction
> It takes diver two 10 min to swim the restriction
> It takes diver three 1 min to swim the restriction
> It takes diver four 2 min to swim the restriction.
>
> However only two divers can go through the restriction
> at a time and all lights have failed except one.
> Additionally they only have 17 minutes of air to get all
> divers through the restriction.
>
> The one light MUST be used to navigate the restriction
> so when a dive team (of two) swims through one of the
> divers must bring the light back.  The time of the slowest
> diver is added for each traverse of the restriction.
>
> Solve it so all divers get through in the 17 minute window!
>
> Ray LaTulippe



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