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kiralamouse · 2 years

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Wolf, goat, cabbage?!

Have just learned of the existence of the “wolf, goat, and cabbage problem” - the logic puzzle of “you have a wolf, goat, and cabbage, and encounter a river with a boat that can hold only you and one of the above, and considering that the wolf will eat the goat if left alone with it and the goat will eat the cabbage if left alone with it, how do you get all three to the other side?”

I’d always heard of it as the fox, goose, and grain problem. Wikipedia mentions the variation fox, chicken, and grain, but not the goose.

Am I just in a weird minority?

Anyway, what none of the logic problems take into account is that as soon as you leave in your first boat trip, the animal you leave behind will probably wander away, and then when you leave the *other* animal to return, it too will wander away, and then you’re left with just your veggies.

#there's a bit in trumpet of the swan by eb white #where the kids tear apart math word problems #'a baby empties two 8-oz bottles of milk. How much milk did they drink?'#'about 15 oz because the baby is GOING to dribble a bunch'#'if a man walks a mile in twenty minutes how long does it take him to walk three miles?'#'um depends on whether he gets tired or sees something that distracts him or something to speed him up...'#anyway i want someone to do that with this logic problem #the canid begins to swim after the boat after it launches #the livestock complains and tries to jump out of the boat #the boat ends up running aground on a ford and the human goes back to retrieve the veggie #only to find that a herd of deer have commandeered it #wolf goat cabbage #fox goose grain

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