Here is a riddle...?

Question

Picture three boxes containing fruit. The first box is marked peaches, the second is marked oranges, and the third box is marked peaches and oranges. Each of the boxes is labeled incorrectly. How could you label each box correctly if you were allowed to select only one fruit from one of the boxes?

I will post the answer later. That is no fun if I give you the answer and you dont have to think.

Answer 1

Select a fruit from the peaches and oranges box. If it is a peach, then that box is peaches, the peaches box is oranges (since it cant be peaches and oranges or the oranges box would be correct), and the oranges box is peaches and oranges. Similarly if the fruit you pick is an orange.

Answer 2

First you select a fruit from the box marked peaches and oranges. If it was a orange you selected, you know that the box could only contain oranges. If it was a peach, you know that the box could only contain peaches since each box in incorrectly marked. If, for example an orange was selected, you would mark that box oranges and switch the other two incorrect labels around. Now all three would be correctly labeled.
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Answer 3

Select one from the box marked "Peaches and Oranges."

If it is a peach, that box should obviously be labeled "Peaches," the box marked "Oranges" should therefore be labeled "Peaches and Oranges" since it could only have possibly contained ("Peaches" or "Peaches and Oranges") and we now know which box contains only Peaches. The remaining box marked "Peaches" should be labeled "Oranges" since that is the only option left.

If it is an orange, that box should obviously be labeled "Oranges," the box marked "Peaches" should therefore be labeled "Peaches and Oranges" since it could only have possibly contained ("Oranges" or "Peaches and Oranges") and we now know which box contains only Oranges. The remaining box marked "Oranges" should be labeled "Peaches" since that is the only option left.

Answer 4

I think I know...if you open one box and it has peaches in it, then you know the other two say peaches , & oranges and peaches. Since they are both wrong, you would know that the one marked peaches was oranges and peaches and the one that was marked oranges and peaches would just be oranges.

Am I right...? lol

Answer 5

put both friuts in the peaches nd oranges box

Answer 6

look at the fruit you picked and label the opposite box(es)

Answer 7

put each one in the same box

Answer 8

look in them

Answer 9

i read the question wrong, i'm dumb

Answer 10

Don't know but since you didn't post the answer- I still don't know. Thanks!!