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Solve the problem presented in the second panel of the comic strip above. Explain how to get all three animals across the river safely!
Solution to the Problem:
First, take the fox over and drop him off.
Then row back and get one of the chickens.
Take the chicken over and drop it off and pick up the fox.
Take the fox back, drop him off, and pick up the other chicken.
Take the chicken over.
Row back and pick up the fox.
Here are some more challenging crossing problems (with answers) that have
appeared as previous Problems of the Week:
U2 Crossing Problem
Three Jealous Men and Their Wives
The Wolf, the Goat, and the Head of Cabbage
The Boat Problem with the Family of Four
Correctly solved by:
| 1. Tom Robb | Winchester, Virginia |
| 2. Mike Singer | Winchester, Virginia |
| 3. Anil Nataraj And Sagar Patel | Columbus, Georgia |
| 4. Walt Arrison | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 5. Shaan Arora | Columbus, Georgia |
| 6. David & Judy Dixon | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
| 7. John Funk | Ventura, California |
| 8. Chris Rogers | Lord Fairfax Community College Middletown, Virginia |
| 9. Richard Mocarski | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| 10. Maggie Morrison | Winchester, Virginia |
| 11. Danny Bintrim | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 12. Bill Funk | San Antonio, Texas |
| 13. Garrett Hix | Columbus, Georgia |
| 14. Yassee Pirooz | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 15. Britney White | Columbus, Georgia |
| 16. Erin Fennacy | Fresno, California |
| 17. Suzie Chhouk | Long Beach, California |
| 18. Angelo Leone | Middletown, Connecticut |
| 19. Mrinal Singh | Happy Valley, Shillong, India |
| 20. Daniel Wilberger | James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 21. James Alarie | University of Michigan -- Flint Flint, Michigan |
| 22. Dana Moats | Ft. Eustis, Virginia |
| 23. Emily Powell | Winchester, Virginia |
| 24. Heather Brown | Winchester, Virginia |
| 25. Tristan Collins | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 26. Slayton Gilmore | Columbus, Georgia |
| 27. Roni Egley | Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 28. Eric Harding | Fort Collins, Colorado |
| 29. Bryan Welchman | ---------- |
| 30. Julianne Harris | Winchester, Virginia |
| 31. Jamie Marie Carder | Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 32. Scott Meeks and Seth Bindl | Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 33. Samantha Schultz | Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 34. Rachel Pridgen | Columbus, Georgia |
| 35. Praveen Nandamuru | Columbus, Georgia |
| 36. Liz Blackwell | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 37. Carter Galbraith | Columbus, Georgia |
| 38. Matt Arnsbrak | Winchester, Virginia |
| 39. Billy Sutherland | Winchester, Virginia |
| 40. Kelley Kolar | Winchester, Virginia |
| 41. Nicholas Caligaris | Columbus, Georgia |
| 42. Raymond Lindsey | Dandridge, Tennessee |
| 43. Amber Micheli | Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 44. Jerome Pierce | Columbus, Georgia |
| 45. Russell Beaty | Columbus, Georgia |
| 46. Jeffrey Gaither | University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 47. Keith Mealy | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 48. Georgia Shelton | ---------- |
| 49. Stephen O'Hara | Winchester, Virginia |
| 50. Elizabeth Carlson | Winchester, Virginia |
| 51. Andrew Montoya | Winchester, Virginia |
| 52. Lura Moomaw | Winchester, Virginia |
| 53. Abby Kowalski | Winchester, Virginia |
| 54. Bert Lamb | ---------- |
| 55. Lauren Coles | Chelmsford, Massachussetts |
| 56. Brandon Green | ---------- |
| 57. Paden Atkins | Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 58. R.L. Colangelo | Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 59. Justin Fernicola | Columbus, Georgia |
| 60. Kushal Palkhiwala | ---------- |
| 61. Laura Gronauer | ---------- |
| 62. Karla Murillo | Winchester, Virginia |
| 63. Stephanie Baldwin | Winchester, Virginia |
| 64. Cody Vance | Winchester, Virginia |
| 65. Ben Swartz | Winchester, Virginia |
| 66. Andrew Barnes | Winchester, Virginia |
| 67. Hamza Rashid | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 68. Arsalan Heydarian | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 69. Kristi Armentrout | ---------- |
| 70. Bharvi Desai | Columbus, Georgia |
| 71. Laura Minnis | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 72. Kshitij (Chris) Mehrotra | Elgin, Illinois |
| 73. Zaza Carlzon | Tullängsskolan, Sweden |
| 74. Anna Lindqvist | Tullängsskolan, Sweden |
| 75. Patrick Roddy | Turnersville, New Jersey |
| 76. Sharina Smith | Newport News, Virginia |
| 77. Jack Kang | North Chelmsford, Massachusetts |
| 78. Tori Toczylowski | ---------- |
| 79. Marc Russello | ---------- |
| 80. Bobby Arthur | Winchester, Virginia |
| 81. Javier Johnson | ---------- |
| 82. Ashley Faucher | Winchester, Virginia |