Crates of Apples and Oranges Puzzle – How to solve?
Question :
You work at a fruit factory.
There are 3 crates in front of you.
One crate contains only Apples.
One crate contains only Oranges.
The last crate contains both Apples and Oranges.
And each crate is labeled.
One reads “Apples”, one reads “Oranges”, and one reads “Apples and Oranges”.
But the labeling machine has gone crazy and has labeled all 3 crates incorrectly.
If you can only take out and look at just one of the pieces of fruit from just
one of the crates, how can you label ALL of the 3 crates correctly?
How will you resolve ? [ Scroll down for the answer ]
Answer :
Take a piece of fruit from the “Apples and Oranges” crate.
If it’s an apple then you know that is the “Apples” crate since ALL THE CRATES ARE LABELED INCORRECTLY.
This means the crate labeled “Apples” must be “Oranges” and the crate labeled “Oranges” must be “Apples and Oranges”.
Well done. You have saved the day!! 🙂
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