River crossing: You, Lion, Goat and cabbage?

On the way to home you need to cross a river. You have a goat, lion and cabbage with you but boat is little, allowing you to take only one of the three things with you. You can’t keep the Goat and the cabbage together (because the Goat would eat it), nor the Goat with the Lion (because the Goat would be eaten).

How shall the you get everything on the other side (without any harm)?

1 Answer

Take goat from source to destination.
Take Lion from source to destination and bring back the goat.
Take cabbage from source to destination.
Take goat from source to destination

answer Mar 4, 2014 by anonymous

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