BRAIN TRIVIA
Logic Puzzle: A farmer wants to cross a river and take with him a wolf, a rabbit and a carrot. He has a boat, but it can only fit himself, plus either the wolf, the rabbit, or the carrot. If the wolf and the rabbit are alone on one shore, the wolf will eat the rabbit. If the rabbit and the carrot are alone on the shore, the rabbit will eat the carrot. How can the farmer bring the wolf, the rabbit, and the carrot across the river without anything being eaten?
Solution:
There are a couple solutions. The farmer must take 7 total trips:
The farmer takes the rabbit across (leaving the wolf and carrot)
The farmer crosses back alone
The farmer takes the wolf across (leaving the carrot)
The farmer crosses back with the rabbit
The farmer takes the carrot across
The farmer crosses back alone
The farmer takes the rabbit across