Someone took the door off the cabin. You walked, er staggered right in.
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You have three drawers with two socks in each drawer. All of the socks are either black or white. Each drawer is labeled. On drawer says "two black socks," another drawer says "two white socks" and the last drawer says "one black sock and one white sock." While those are the mix of socks in those drawers, all drawers are labeled wrong. Without looking inside the drawers, you may reach in remove and look at one or more socks. What is the LEAST number of socks you need to remove and look at before you can re-label the drawers correctly?
XIII
---- = II
VII
The above equation was put together using matches. You may move only ONE match to make the equation correct. Which match to you move and where do you put it?
Farkel
Edited by - Farkel on 21 June 2002 21:38:14