Here is an old riddle. A man has to cross the river in a boat. He has with him a lion, a goat and some leaves that he needs to take across. At a time he can take only one thing with him. How can he do this without the lion eating the goat or the goat eating the leaves. The first one to solve, this in least number of steps gets the points.
2006-06-16 19:08:00 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
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2006-06-16 19:24:40 · update #1
Take the goat
bring the lion next and take the goat back
pick up the leaves and leave the goat
come back for the goat and take him over.
2006-06-16 19:12:44 · answer #1 · answered by firemedic0135 2 · 14⤊ 2⤋
First, take the goat across, leaving the lion and the leaves. Go back with an empty boat (trip 2) and get the leaves (trip 3), bringing back the goat on the return trip(trip 4). Leave the goat, take the lion to the other shore where the leaves are (trip 5), again returning with an empty boat (trip 6) to pick up the goat, which you bring back on trip 7.
2006-06-16 19:18:33 · answer #2 · answered by Judgie C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the goat across first, then go back and get the lion and the leaves. If he leaves the goat and lion alone, the lion may eat the goat, or if he were to leave the goat alone with the leaves, the goat would eat them.Thats just two trips!
2006-06-16 20:04:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the goat first. Go back for the Lion. When he drops the lion off, bring the goat back with him as he goes to get the leaves. Leave the goat where he started and bring the leaves across and leave the leaves with the lion. Go back one more time to get the goat.
2006-06-16 19:13:17 · answer #4 · answered by Sandie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First the man should eat the lion the goat and the leaves then he need only cross the river once.
2006-06-16 20:06:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He crosses with the goat and left it on the other side, then goes back and takes the lion, crosses the river, leaves the lion and comes back with the goat, leaves the goat, takes the leaves, crosses the river, leaves the leaves with the lion and gets back for the goat
2006-06-16 19:15:18 · answer #6 · answered by Ms. Pelled Babby Schmidt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st, he takes the goat across the river. Then, he takes the lion & bring back the goat to their original side of the river. The leaves are then taken across. After that, he takes the goat across for the 3rd time.
2006-06-16 21:45:58 · answer #7 · answered by prisC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take goat over
Come back and grab leaves
Drop off leaves and grab goat
Drop off goat and grab lion
Drop off lion and leave the leaves
Grab the goat and go to the other side of the river
6 steps - you have to remember that each step covers one complete river crossing
2006-06-17 07:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by icehoundxx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since everyone got it I will say take the goat first then come back put the lion and the leaves in the boat and push it across. wouldn't the lion eat the man?
2006-06-16 19:20:14 · answer #9 · answered by carrie77444 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course first you have to take the goat, then bring the lion on the other side then get the goat take him back then get the leaves put it next to the lion then get the goat put in on the other side next to the lion and leaves
2006-06-16 19:32:53 · answer #10 · answered by valerieishere2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋