A man and his boat.
Hi everyone!
I have an interesting riddle that I'd like to share with you. I'll say it by my own terms. Hope it's clear. I know the answer, by the way.
There are a man, one sheep , tow wolfs and a boat. The boat accommodates for ONLY 2 persons (even animals are included in this term). There is also a river that the man wants to cross to the other side. You can imagine it like this:
B Land ........................... river ................................ A Land
The problem is that if the man tried to cross the river with one of the wolfs, the other wolf would attack the sheep and eat it. And if he took the sheep first to the other side, then turned back to the land A to bring one of the wolfs to the other side B, this wolf immediately would attack the sheep and eat it once the man turned back to the other side A to bring the last wolf.
The man wants to bring all of his animals ( 2 wolfs, 1 sheep) to the other side safely without losing anyone, and he will be with them, of course.
How could you solve it?
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I'm going to try it. I hope this works out right. The man takes the sheep across the river.
- I'm going to try it.
- I hope this works out right.
- The man takes the sheep across the river.
- He returns and gets a wolf.
- He takes the sheep back to the first side of the river, leaves it there, and takes the other wolf across to the first wolf on the other side.
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I'm going to try it. I hope this works out right.
The man takes the sheep across the river. He returns and gets a wolf. He takes the sheep back to the first side of the river, leaves it there, and takes the other wolf across to the first wolf on the other side. Now the two wolves are together and the sheep is alone. Then the man gets the sheep and crosses the rivers. He is with the three
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