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A farmer has a fox,a chicken and a bag of oats.He has to transport them safely from one bank of a lake to the other but can only accomadate one aswell as himself at any one time.

If he takes the fox first the chicken will eat the oats

If he takes the oats first the fox will eat the chicken

If he takes the chicken first and goes back for another he'll be faced with the same dilema,how does he do it?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Hey stupid it's not oats, chickens do not eat oats. It's chicken feed.

    Take the chicken over. Come back and get the fox. Bring back the chicken, pick up the chicken feed and bring it over, come back and get the chicken.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hahaha this was on RuneScape little liar:P

    I forgot because this was a member quest and I am not a member anymore, but I will try.

    pick up the Chicken first. This leaves the Fox and Grain, and the Fox will not eat the Grain.Drop the Chicken on the other side of the bridge (or lake thing) and go back over.

    Go back and take the Grain over, and pick the Chicken back up.

    Take it back to the start, drop it and pick up the Fox. Take the Fox over, drop it and go back for the Chicken.

    Take it and bring the Chicken to the end

    Source(s): Mwahahhaaha!!
  • 1 decade ago

    He takes the chicken first. He comes back and gets the fox. He crosses the lake again, drops off the fox and brings back the chicken. He leaves the chicken on the original side and takes the oats over (leaving the fox and oats on the other side of the lake). He comes back by himself and gets the chicken. Once they cross the group is reunited.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The fox wont eat oats, fox will only eat the chicken. So he can take the oats and the fox one at a time and get the chicken last.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    First he takes the chicken the fox won`t eat the oats.

    Then he goes back for the fox, takes him across to the chicken.

    he then takes the chicken back to the oatsand leave s the fox alone.

    hethen leave s the chicken and takes the oats back to the fox.

    then goes and fetches the chicken . jobs a good un.

  • jo h
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    He takes the chicken first then goes back and gets the fox, drops the fox off but takes the chicken Back across on the return journey. Then he picks up the oats and drops off the chicken, then finally goes back and takes the chicken.

  • 1 decade ago

    He takes the chicken first & leaves it on the other side. Then he comes back and brings the fox over. Then he brings the chicken back with him, leavs him on original side. Take the oats ove to where the fox is & comes back again for the chicken

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Take the chicken over , go back and get the fox, return with the chicken and get the oats, go back and get the chicken.

  • 1 decade ago

    Take the chicken over, go back an take over the bag of oats. On his return trip, take the chicken with. Then he take over the fox and returns to take over the chicken.

  • take the chicken first

    then take the fox, when returning to the original place take the chicken back with u and leave the chicken there and then take the oats.

    Put the oats with the fox. then go back and get the chicken (again!). Then it will all b okay!!

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