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Apples (Posted on 2007-03-15) Difficulty: 3 of 5
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?

See The Solution Submitted by Assaf    
Rating: 4.6667 (3 votes)

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re(2): The only one solution | Comment 9 of 10 |
(In reply to re: The only one solution by brianjn)

The problem with the puzzle is with the use of the word "double". The word "double" implies more than 2 times n, it also has the implication that 2n > n, which does not correspond with the solution.  As it is, unless one dwells in a mirror universe or one of complex and imaginary reality, one will have to accept, in this case, "double" to mean 2 times n for a solution to possible.
  Posted by Dej Mar on 2007-11-19 11:16:12

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