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River crossing: she-goat, wolf and cabbage

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June 13, 2013 by puzzler 6 Comments

A farmer is returning from market, where he bought a she-goat, a wolf and cabbage. On the way home he must cross a river. His boat is little, allowing him to take only one of the three things. He can’t keep the she-goat and the cabbage together (because the she-goat would eat it), nor the she-goat with the wolf (because the she-goat would be eaten). How shall the farmer get everything on the other side (without any harm)?


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farmer crosses with goat
farmer returns alone
farmer crosses with cabbage or wolf
farmer returns with goat
farmer crosses with whichever (cabbage or wolf) he didn’t take the first time
farmer returns alone
farmer crosses with goat
they are all on the other side
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  1. kumkum says

    November 23, 2014 at 10:36 pm

    First farmer take goat and return aloneden take cabbages and come back with goat again with wolf and at last with goat

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  2. Shovan says

    October 23, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    farmer & she-goat – To
    farmer – fro
    farmer & wolf – To
    farmer & she-goat – fro
    farmer & cabbage – To
    farmer – fro
    farmer & she-goat – To

    Reply
  3. RAHIL BANGI says

    June 21, 2014 at 3:50 pm

    just goat is enough, what the she-goat is doing here in the puzzle?

    Reply
  4. Mayank Gupta says

    December 9, 2013 at 5:46 pm

    first
    take she-goat to other side

    return empty

    then take cabbage and return goat

    then take lion and return empty(lion don’t eat cabbage)
    then take she-goat and finally three is on other side

    Reply
    • Dushyant says

      October 12, 2014 at 9:08 pm

      it should be wolf :p

      Reply
      • Mayank Gupta says

        May 10, 2015 at 5:30 pm

        🙂

        Reply

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