[Bungleau]

Well, it's tomorrow where I am, so here is the answer. It's camouflaged so as not to spoil for any still interested in playing, so highlight it to see the "official answer".


Send Gene and Paul over first. 2 minutes.

Send Gene back. 1 minute, total 3.

Ace and Peter go over. 10 minutes, total 13.

Paul goes back. 2 minutes, total 15.

Gene and Paul go over. 2 minutes, total 17.


Now, Sir Goulum's extraordinary out-of-the-box thinking...

Gene does all the trips, and carries the other members over! That's a minute over and a minute back, for a grand total of seven minutes (since there's no return trip the last time). Even if you double his rate for the extra effort, he still takes only 14 minutes.

Way to go, SirG! That is truly original thinking [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]