SUMMER FUN: PROBLEM #7
A farmer wants to cross a river and take with him a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage.
There is a boat that can fit himself plus either the wolf, the goat, or the cabbage.
If the wolf and the goat are alone on one shore, the wolf will eat the goat. If the goat and the cabbage are alone on the shore, the goat will eat the cabbage.
Can the farmer cross the river in this case? How?(Answer how in solutions if possible)
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1 solution
Yes, the farmer is able to cross the river. The farmer has to first take the goat across, return alone, take the wolf across, return with the goat, take the cabbage across, then return alone, and then take the goat across.