A traveler comes to a riverbank with a wolf, a goat, and a very large head of cabbage. To his chagrin, he notes that there is only one boat for crossing over, whch can carry no more than two--the traveler and one of the two animals or the cabbage. As the traveler knows, if left alone together, the goat will eat the cabbage and the wolf will eat the goat. The wolf does not eat cabbage. How does the traveler transport his animals and his cabbage to the other side intact, in a minimum number of back and forth trips?
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