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?

You can determine the contents with one shake.

Pick the one which is labeled "peaches". Shake it. If it rattles it contains nuts, the one with "oranges" contains peaches and the one with "peaches" contains oranges.
If it doesn't rattle it contains oranges, the "nuts" contains peaches and the "peaches" contains the nuts.

Posted by abc on 2003-01-19 12:52:40