A Brain Teaser Classic
A man has to get a fox, a chicken and a sack of corn across a river. He has a row boat, and it can only carry him and one other thing. If the fox and the chicken are left together, the fox will eat the chicken. If the chicken and the corn are left together, the chicken will eat the corn. How does the man do it?
Answer
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The man and the chicken cross the river.
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The man goes back and takes the fox across the river but brings the chicken back with him.
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He now leaves the chicken and takes the corn across the river and leaves it with the fox.
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He then takes the chicken and crosses the river for the last time.