Trevor, 107 - but then the "Red" and "Blue" labels would still be wrong, because those jars would be empty.
Clownęsthesiologist, 91 - has the elegant solution, elegantly phrased. Shorter: Take one bean from the jar mislabelled "Mixed," relabel that jar accordingly, then move the other two labels so neither is on the same jar as when you came in.
But for practical reasons, I'd amend this to "take as many beans as you have the appetite for."
Optimal solution: examine zero jelly beans.
Pour the contents of the jars labeled "Red" and "Blue" into the jar labeled "Mixed." Done!
Posted by Trevor | Link to this comment | 08-24-06 11:48 PM
Trevor, 107 - but then the "Red" and "Blue" labels would still be wrong, because those jars would be empty.
Clownęsthesiologist, 91 - has the elegant solution, elegantly phrased. Shorter: Take one bean from the jar mislabelled "Mixed," relabel that jar accordingly, then move the other two labels so neither is on the same jar as when you came in.
But for practical reasons, I'd amend this to "take as many beans as you have the appetite for."
Posted by Raven | Link to this comment | 08-27-06 6:05 PM