There are 3 cans containing different foods. Nuts in one can. Sliced Peaches in juices in another and the third can contains sliced oranges in juices. Someone has steamed off and switched the labels of all the cans so every can will have a label that is not the actual food inside it. Can you figure out which cans contain which foods without opening any?

First, you can easily tell which one contains the nuts by shaking it (unless you can make a can of nuts sound like a can of sliced fruit).

Then check what label is on that can. If that says sliced peaches, the can that says nuts must be sliced oranges. If not, the remaining can that says sliced oranges will actually contain sliced oranges. And vice versa if it says sliced oranges.

Posted by np_rt on 2003-01-18 06:53:00