No Peeking

dontdisturbmycircles

Interesting puzzle I came across today, not too tough, but rewarding in the end.

There are three containers labeled "pencils," "erasers," and "pencils and erasers". Each of these labels is incorrect. You may select only one item from one box. (No feeling around/peeking permitted.) How can you label each box correctly?

Sorry if it has been posted already.

neutrino

EDIT: sorry...was too quick to react

michealsmith

u go into the box containinng both ..if u take out a pencil then u know that the box labeled erasers contains erasers and penicils and the box labeled pencils contains erasers.

dontdisturbmycircles

Quote by michealsmith

u go into the box containinng both ..if u take out a pencil then u know that the box labeled erasers contains erasers and penicils and the box labeled pencils contains erasers.

correct.

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dontdisturbmycircles	No Peeking Tweet Interesting puzzle I came across today, not too tough, but rewarding in the end. There are three containers labeled "pencils," "erasers," and "pencils and erasers". Each of these labels is incorrect. You may select only one item from one box. (No feeling around/peeking permitted.) How can you label each box correctly? Sorry if it has been posted already.

michealsmith	u go into the box containinng both ..if u take out a pencil then u know that the box labeled erasers contains erasers and penicils and the box labeled pencils contains erasers.