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Crossing the river

A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river. He has a rowboat, and it can only carry him and one other thing at a time. If the fox and the chicken are left together, the fox will eat the chicken. If the chicken and the corn is left together, the chicken will eat the corn. How does the man do it?
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    • Moderate
      		Type
        • Logic


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            takes chicken to other side. Leaves fox and corn. Goes back empty and gets fox. Drops fox off and picks up chicken. goes back with chicken. Drops off chicken and picks up corn. Drops corn off with fox and goes back empty. Picks up chicken and joins fox and corn on far side.
            - mike (3 Sep 2008)

            the man will send the chicken and leave the fox & the corn behind.he will come back for the corn and leave the fox behind.if coming back for the fox he will bring the chicken back and take the fox away.and later come back for the the chicken
            - MR flame (18 Sep 2008)

            1st he takes the corn
            2nd he takes the fox
            3rd he takes a chicken
            - (22 Sep 2008)

            1st take the chicken to the other side
            2nd go back and take the fox to the other side
            On his way back take the chicken with him
            3rd drop the chicken off and take the corn to the other side
            4th go back and take the chicken to the other side
            - Black Rose (7 May 2009)

            first he takes the chicken to the other side
            then gets the seed
            but on his way back he takes the chicken with him and brings it back to where it was before then takes the fox and then the chicken

            chicken
            seed
            chicken
            fox
            chicken
            - (18 Nov 2009)

            hey the thierd one cannot be

            if you leave the fox with the chicken the fox will eat the chicken

            - (18 Nov 2009)

            well my teacher said this in my school that you take the chicken over and then they take the chicken back and i forget can you tell mee the answer please im from the welsh school
            - alicia (5 Dec 2009)

            1st take the chicken to the other side
            2nd go back and take the fox to the other side
            On his way back take the chicken with him
            3rd drop the chicken off and take the corn to the other side
            4th go back and take the chicken to the other side

            - dodo (16 Feb 2010)

            this will never work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
            - bob joe (2 Mar 2010)

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