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Old man - older problem (Posted on 2002-06-28)

(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?

Submitted by qball

Rating: 3.2353 (17 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Man rows chicken to the far shore
Man rows empty boat to near shore
Man rows dog to far shore
Man rows chicken back to near shore
Man rows grain to far shore
Man rows empty boat to near shore
Man rows chicken to far shore

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2022-02-26 00:05:38
The chicken	Math Man	2017-11-01 21:11:38
solution	salil	2006-02-25 12:53:24
A Solution	owl	2005-08-18 19:51:46
re: Maybe he should have roasted the DOG!	john	2005-07-08 15:21:33
cool	sragen	2004-12-04 01:38:00
solution	Detti	2004-10-06 17:45:06
Step-by-Step Solution	Lewis	2003-08-04 23:24:51
stupids..simple explination	kat	2002-11-30 17:19:22
Simpler (short) solution	chris	2002-10-02 12:18:54
A Possible Soultion	Megan	2002-09-07 15:04:18
Sorry, Metjoo	TomM	2002-06-29 17:29:14
re: Part 2	qball	2002-06-29 16:20:58
re: Part 2	metjoo	2002-06-29 14:26:10
Part 2	TomM	2002-06-29 13:49:05
Simple. (Long)	John Orapello	2002-06-28 18:32:29
Maybe he should have roasted the chicken.	Dulanjana	2002-06-28 17:42:31

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