missionaries and cannibals problem (English, noun)
expansion: missionaries and cannibals problem (plural missionaries and cannibals problems)
Senses:
glosses: A logic puzzle in which a number of missionaries and cannibals must cross a river using a boat which can carry only a limited number of people, under the constraint that missionaries must never be outnumbered by cannibals on either bank (since they would otherwise be eaten).
Forms:
form: missionaries and cannibals problems
tags: plural