A man is on his way to the local marketplace to sell a fox, a chicken and some grain. He has to cross a river, and his boat is just big enough to carry him and one of the other three.
When he arrives at the river, he knows he's got a problem. If he leaves the fox and the chicken, the fox eats the chicken. Otherwise, if he leaves the chicken and the grain, the chicken eats the grain.
How does the man get the fox, the chicken and the grain to the other side of the river?
2007-01-13 09:52:28 · 28 answers · asked by me 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
1. Take chicken across river, go back.
2. Take grain across river, bring chicken back.
3. Leave chicken, take fox across river. Go back.
4. Bring chicken across again.
Or, taking into account that the fox can swim, he takes the grain and the fox (swimming behind) across, then goes back for the chicken.
Or, if he has some way to do it, he wraps the grain in a waterproof container, drags it behind the boat, has the fox swim, and does it all in one trip.
Considering how small a chicken is, however, this is a dumb puzzle. The grain may be a big pile, but the chicken can surely sit on the guy's lap, and the fox should be agile enough to sit on the grain.
2007-01-13 10:03:12 · answer #1 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He takes the chicken to the other side of the river, over there, leaving the fox and the grain, because the grain is safe with the fox, over here.
He then comes back from over there to get the fox, still leaving the grain over here.
He gets the fox to the other side of the river, over there, but when he leaves the fox over there, he brings back the chicken over here, so the fox cannot eat it.
Let’s recapitulate: the fox is now on the other side of the river, over there, the chicken is in the boat on its way back over here and the grain has not moved yet from over here.
After the man brought back the chicken from over there, he leaves it over here and takes the grain.
Now, the grain is moving at last and the chicken is pissed off because he keeps crossing the river and getting nowhere.
Once the grain has joined the fox over there, the man comes back over here to get the chicken over there and go on his merry way.
2007-01-20 11:29:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the chicken over then he goes back over and get the grain. Once he gets over the river he takes back the chicken. Puts the chicken down. Brings the fox over. Comes back and gets the chicken. Problem solved!
2007-01-21 04:57:09 · answer #3 · answered by fuzzyducky1328 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
makes 3 trips across the river with the fox chicken and grain
2007-01-20 10:09:45 · answer #4 · answered by *Account Deleted* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the grain first and then the fox and then the chicken. Because the fox will not eat the grain.
2007-01-20 06:10:21 · answer #5 · answered by flower_from_the_heavens 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let the Chicken eat the Grain
Let the fox eat the chicken
put the fox in the boat and sell it as a stuffed fox
2007-01-19 11:30:15 · answer #6 · answered by kevferg64 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave the fox and the grain an take the chicken
then go back
2007-01-21 08:39:56 · answer #7 · answered by ~**Tay Tay**~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he gets the chicken leaves it on the other side goes back gets the fox leaves him there n takes the chicken back to the other side gets the grain takes it to the side were the fox is and leaves the grain there goes back n gets the chicken and thats how they all cross..
2007-01-21 05:46:35 · answer #8 · answered by Chica Rebelde Aka Vero 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first you get the chicken to cross the river first, the fox won't eat the grain. then come back and take the fox to cross the river, this time take the chicken back to the grain, then take the grain and cross the river again, finally go back and take the chicken to cross the river and voila!
2007-01-19 13:12:28 · answer #9 · answered by skynet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He takes the chicken across, then he gets the fox and takes it across. He picks the chicken back up and takes it back... then the man gets the grain --leaving the chicken--. He drops off the grain --leaving the fox and the grain-- then he goes back and gets the chicken!!!
It's the only way that makes sense to me!!
2007-01-13 09:59:18 · answer #10 · answered by chrysanthemum 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋