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It's late at night when four travelers come upon a narrow bridge that they need to cross. It's very dark
so they need to use a torch to cross the bridge safely. It's an old wooden bridge and a sign reads
"Warning: No more than two people on the bridge at a time". They have a single torch between them
which lasts 15 minutes once lit. Each of the four travelers (A, B, C, and D) requires a different
amount of time to cross the bridge. A: one minute, B: two minutes, C: five minutes, and D: eight minutes.
Given the two-person bridge limit, how can the entire group get to the other side of the bridge before
the torch burns out (i.e. in 15 minutes)?