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A man came to a river with a bag of corn, a fox, and a duck. There was a boat in which he can ferry only one of the three things he had with him. He cannot leave the duck with the corn, nor the duck with the fox. How does he carry all three across?

 Nov 30, 2016

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First.....take the duck over

 

Come back and get the corn and carry it over, returning with the duck

 

Drop off the duck at the original point and pick up the fox and take him over

 

Come back wit the boat empty, pick up the duck  ........    and you're finished !!!!

 

 

 

cool cool cool

 Nov 30, 2016
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First.....take the duck over

 

Come back and get the corn and carry it over, returning with the duck

 

Drop off the duck at the original point and pick up the fox and take him over

 

Come back wit the boat empty, pick up the duck  ........    and you're finished !!!!

 

 

 

cool cool cool

CPhill Nov 30, 2016
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I found this in a book called "Great Lateral Thinking Puzzles" and that one was a bit difficult to figure it out, but thanks for the answer! smiley

Nibbler  Nov 30, 2016
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he takes the duck across first, then the fox, but takes the duck back. then he takes the corn across to the fox, then takes the duck across after.

 Nov 30, 2016
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Take the corn and make the duck swim across by bribing it with corn. Then the fox will follow the duck across because it wants to eat it.

 

Or have the duck eat the corn and the fox eat the duck and take the fox across.

 Nov 30, 2016
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@Guest:

That doesn't work. You can't leave the duck with the corn, not the duck with the fox.

Nibbler  Jan 25, 2017

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