@Dave: gud one :) On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> Open the box labeled "apples and oranges" and inspect one piece of > fruit. Say that it is an apple. Then label this box "apples" since it > cannot be "apples and oranges" or "oranges." To identify the boxes > that should be labeled "oranges" and "apples and oranges," realize > that since the remaining boxes are mislabeled, the one labeled > "oranges" cannot contain only oranges, so it must be "apples and > oranges." And the last box is "oranges." Deal with discovering an > orange in the first box in a similar way. > > Dave > > On Jan 12, 6:52 am, bittu <[email protected]> wrote: > > 3rd Puzzle > > > > There are three boxes, one contains only apples, one contains only > > oranges, and one contains both apples and oranges. The boxes have been > > incorrectly labeled such that no label identifies the actual contents > > of the box it labels. Opening just one box, and without looking in the > > box, you take out one piece of fruit. By looking at the fruit, how can > > you immediately label all of the boxes correctly? > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Shashank > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- best wishes!! Vaibhav Shukla DU-MCA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
