Two treasure hunting brothers, Gulino and Dulino, and their sister, Molina, need to cross a river in a distant land. Gulino has a heavy pot of gold, Dulino, a heavy box of diamonds and Molina, a heavy bag of money.

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Two treasure hunting brothers, Gulino and Dulino, and their sister, Molina, need to cross a river in a distant land. Gulino has a heavy pot of gold, Dulino, a heavy box of diamonds and Molina, a heavy bag of money. They do not trust each other so that no treasure can be left with one of the others unless the owner of that treasure is present. An honest canoeist will take them across the river and must take one but can at most only take two heavy objects at a time (either two people, a person and a treasure, or two treasures at a time). How can the brothers and sister get across in these difficult circumstances?


The underlined spaces filled in with either G for Gulino, D for Dulino, or M for Molina, for the treasure hunters, but use the full words Gold, Diamonds, or Money for the treasure. How can the treasure hunters can get across without incident?




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