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?

(In reply to 3cans guess by John Kessinger)

Density should be an issue here cuz the problem never says anything about weight. It's possible for them to have the exact same weight even if they have different densities; just like a pound of feathers vs a pound of gold. Since the problem doesn't say anything about them weighing differently, you should pick the worst situation where they have the same weight (I think it's implied by the problem).

Posted by np_rt on 2003-01-18 18:48:44