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Hopefully this one hasn't been posted
it's a really old one I think
don't post a solution if you ALREADY know the answer
I haven't posted the solution cause I want people to actually try and not just look at the question then giveup right away.)
An old man has a boat and needs to cross the river, the problem is he has three things he needs to get across the river
a chicken, a dog, and a sack of grain.
He has three problems:
His boat can only support himself and one item,
The dog can't be left with the chicken, and
The chicken can't be left with the grain.
How does he get across with all three items intact?
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re: Part 2 by metjoo)
You seem to have missed this line which specifically prohibits your second move (Third if you count the first return trip as a separate move), as well as a few others:
(If here are a missionary and a cannibal in the boat and they approach a shore with one or two cannibals and no missionaries, you can't say "the missionary stays in the boat to bring it back. He's still outnumbered)
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Posted by TomM
on 2002-06-29 17:29:14 |
Sorry, Metjoo
