This question is kind of confusing to me. Thoeretically, they only need the following steps to get down. 1. The metalsmith send the princess down in basket 1.www.ddhw.com 2. The metalsmith send the maid down in basket 1 3. The metalsmith send some metal chains down in basket 1 4. The princess and maid make use of the chains to help the metalsmith down in basket 2 If 10 pounds difference is a necessary condition, then use the two baskets to escape is a little more complicated: 1. Throw 6 chains down 2. Maid sit in basket 1 and put 7 chains in other and send the maid downwww.ddhw.com 3. Maid put six chains in basket 1 and then the basket will go up 4. Princess sit in basket 1 and put 9 chains the other side, princess going down 5. The maid sit in basket 1 and going up 6. Throw 4 chains down 7. The metalsmith sit in basket 2, maid +9 chain in basket 1, metal smith going down 8. The maid throw the chains down from basket 1 9. metalsmith put 7 chains in basket 2, the maid going down. www.ddhw.com
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