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GOLD IS WEIGHED IN TROY OUNCES OR TROY POUNDS, WHERE THERE ARE ONLY 12 TROY OUNCES PER TROY POUND. THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT SPECIFIED ON THE BRIDGE WILL BE USING THE NORMAL IMPERIAL SYSTEM FOR MEASURING WEIGHT, WHERE THERE ARE 16 POUNDS TO AN OUNCE. BECAUSE OF THIS 36 POUNDS OF GOLD (WEIGHED USING THE TROY SYSTEM), WILL ONLY WEIGH ABOUT 29 STANDARD IMPERIAL POUNDS. THIS MEANS THAT HER TOTAL WEIGHT, INCLUDING BOTH GOLD BARS, IS LESS THAN 130 POUNDS. AN ALTERNATIVE ANSWER WOULD BE: THE GIRL WOULD SIMPLY THROW ONE OF THE GOLD BARS UP IN THE AIR WHILE HOLDING THE OTHER IN A JUGGLING MANNER. THUS, SHE WOULD NEVER BE HOLDING MORE THAN 118 POUNDS AS LONG AS SHE THREW THE OPPOSITE BAR UP BEFORE SHE CAUGHT THE OTHER DID YOU GET IT? THE ANSWER IS THAT THEY WENT UP CLOSE TO THE GUARDS TOWER, TURNED AROUND AND STARTED WALKING BACK TO THE TOWN THEY CAME FROM, THE GUARD CAUGHT THEM AND ASSUMED THAT THEY CAME THE OTHER WAY AND SENT THEM BACK! HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND CHECK BACK SOON FOR MORE RIDDLES! FIRST THE BOYS CROSS THE RIVER. ONE STAYS ASHORE WHILE THE OTHER BRINGS THE BOAT TO THE SOLDIERS AND GETS OUT. A SOLDIER GETS IN THE BOAT AND CROSSES. THE BOY WHO HAS STAYED THERE BRINGS THE BOAT BACK TO THE SOLDIERS, THEN TAKES THE OTHER BOY TO THE OTHER SHORE. AGAIN A BOY BRINGS THE BOAT BACK, GETS OUT, A SECOND SOLDIER CROSSES OVER. THIS PROCESS IS REPEATED UNTIL ALL THE SOLDIERS HAVE CROSSED FIRST, TAKE THE SHEEP ACROSS, COME BACK AND THEN TAKE THE BUNDLE OF GRASS. SINCE THE SHEEP WILL EAT THE GRASS IF LEFT UNATTENDED, TAKE THE SHEEP BACK ACROSS AND THEN TAKE THE LION ACROSS. THEN TAKE THE SHEEP BACK ACROSS AND THEY ARE ALL UNHARMED