You've got three boxes with apples. You know that:

1. In box A there are 6 apples less, or double the number of apples, than in box B.

2. in box C there are 5 apples more than in box A, or 5 less apples than in box B.

3. There are at least two boxes with the same number of apples in them.

How many apples are in each box?

(In reply to The only one solution by Assaf)

Mm!

Read through the responses here.

I have to wonder about the concept of what I would call "non-entity/no presence". 

I think Charlie was reflecting very heavily upon this idea.  To me there is an essence of problem solving philosophy here that seems to be overriden by a trick.

Maybe the opening sentence might have read:
"You have 3 boxes and some apples". 

Might that have overcome the otherwise adverse commentary?

Posted by brianjn on 2007-11-19 08:35:35