A man has a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. He must cross a river with the two animals and the cabbage. There is a small rowing-boat, in which he can take only one thing with him at a time. If, however, the wolf and the goat are left alone, the wolf will eat the goat. If the goat and the cabbage are left alone, the goat will eat the cabbage. How can the man get across the river with the two animals and the cabbage?

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1. He will take the goat first to the other side leaving the wolf with the cabbage, when he returns, he will take the wolf next and bring back the goat with him, he will then take the cabbage to the other side and come back for the goat.

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2. take goat from one side and leave it another side and then come back another side and carry cabbage from one side leave it near goat and carry goat back to other side and then carry wolf leave it another side with cabbage come back to
   goat side and carray goat to other side not all three are there on another side

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