not even 5% could solve this so depressing what AI slop has done to devs
>fruits rubs against eachother while shipping>pick apple>if it smells like oranges label it mixed>if it doesnt, label it apples>label the other two accordingly
>>1102494210/10
>>110249384That's easy. Just think like a woman. Re-label everything like "fruits". XD
>>1102494820/10
When the interviewer asks non-technical trivia questions, the correct answer is to walk out.If they work there and they're hiring you under these tactics, imagine what working with them and their coworkers would be like.
>>110249384>pick an apple>look at the box label >it says "apples">therefore it is mixed>the "oranges" box is full of apples>the "mixed" box is full of orangesWhere's my tech job?
>>110249384there are only 2 combinations where all the boxes are labeled incorrectly>apples -> both>oranges -> apples>both -> orangesand>apples -> oranges>oranges -> both>both -> applesyou only need 1 bit of information to tell them apart, since pulling a fruit out of the mixed box would give you no information, you need to pull a fruit out of the box that is labeled "both". if it is an apple, you are in case 1, if it's an orange, you are in case 2
>>110249384To correctly label all three boxes by picking only one fruit, pick a fruit from the box labeled "Apples and Oranges" (or "Both"). Step-by-Step SolutionPick from the box labeled "Apples and Oranges": Because every box is labeled incorrectly, this box cannot contain both apples and oranges. It must contain only apples or only oranges.Determine the true contents of the first box: If you draw an Apple: The box labeled "Apples and Oranges" actually contains only Apples. If you draw an Orange: The box labeled "Apples and Oranges" actually contains only Oranges. . Deduce the remaining two boxes (assuming you drew an Apple): Box labeled "Apples and Oranges": Contains Only Apples. Box labeled "Oranges": Since it cannot contain only Oranges (incorrect label) and cannot contain only Apples (already assigned), it must contain Apples and Oranges. Box labeled "Apples": The only remaining possibility is Only Oranges. es. (If you draw an Orange instead, simply swap "Apples" and "Oranges" in the deduction steps above.)
You're an idiot, I couldn't solve this long before AI came along
>>1102495300/10
this is trivial, you just have to read everything very literally.>The boxes are labeled incorrectlymeaning it's guaranteed that each sticker is wrong. if you can't solve this without ai ur retarded.
>How do you do thisI contact the manager of the person responsible for labeling them.
>>110249554thanks Claude this is why you get hired 10/10
This seemed pretty easyThough it admittedly took me a bit longer than it should havePick some hing from apples and oranges boxTake whatever fruit label it was and put it onSwap the applea and oranges label and the other fruit labelDone
>>110249384> take one fruit from one box> label box 'that fruit was promised to me 3000 years ago'> proceed to take 1 fruit from everyone's box, despite rules saying you can only take one fruit from one box> if you get accused of fruitboxclipping call them antisemitic> create a private fruit fund that lends out fruit at 5% interest> find a sovereign in need of fruit to feed his army and promise him a shipment of fruit at half cost> deliver half rotten fruit> give his enemies fresh fruit gratis> after he's defeated ask his enemies to help you recoup your losses from the rotten fruit deal, taking control of all fruit transactions> you now have a monopoly on all fruit
>>110249384The boxes are labeled incorrectly ≠ 3 neat labels, 1x apples, 1x oranges, 1x mixed. Them boxes could ALL be labelled 'Apples' or 'Dragon Dildos' or whatever.
>>1102496110/10
This question sucks assWhere is it written that the three labels are swapped ans no box has the right label?Adding assumption to make the problem solvable is stupid
Yesterday, I spent 45 minutes staring at three boxes containing apples, oranges, and a corporate existential crisis. Every label was wrong. My brain was melting. Then it hit me: Why am I burning precious cognitive bandwidth on manual deduction? We are living in 2026. We shouldn't be personally reaching into boxes to inspect fruit samples like it’s the 1900s. We need to outsource this immediately or build a custom multi-agent LLM pipeline to automate supply chain fruit-label auditing at scale. Stop doing manual grunt work. Automate your cognitive load. Delegate the oranges.#Leadership #AI #Optimization #ThoughtLeadership #Outsourcing #GrowthMindset
>>110249629this. these problems that rely on ambiguous wording are ass.
>>1102496290/10 can't even read properly
Just had a massive epiphany while disrupting the agricultural box-labeling vertical.A traditional manager tries to solve the "three boxes" puzzle themselves by picking a piece of fruit. A 10x leader doesn't touch the box. A 10x leader spins up a Jev-type decision model to do it in 12 milliseconds, or completely offshore the task to a high-performing global team.Manual fruit inspection doesn't scale. If your business model relies on you personally opening jars or boxes to fix incorrect labeling, you don’t have a business—you have a high-stress internship. Let the machines reason. You focus on the vision.#VentureCapital #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #Disruption #Scale
>>110249611I was thinking the same way but not as extreme but simply What if some of the labels are incorrect and some of them are correct.The information that they are all 100% incorrect is what allows the solution, but this is very unrealistic.
>>110249384Fire the person who mislabelled the boxes.
>>1102496610/10 can't even read properly
>>110249611>>110249421These two could be valid answers I think
>>110249384Why can't I open all three boxes and see what's inside?It's an illogical question.
>>1102497200/10
>pick from box labeled both>orange>label oranges>apple>label apples>other two are labeled wrong, swap labelsez
>>110249618nope, he's right, you might just be too retarded to understand how this problem description is ambiguous.
>>11024949811/10
>>110249384To hide the answer they intentionally underspecified the question, because the proper question immediately suggests the answer.The labels were mixed up, not incorrect. So the answer is fuck you.
>>110249729-0/10
>>1102497420/10 can't even read properly
>>110249751>The labels were mixed up, not incorrect.sorry to announce it to you but you are retarded
>>110249772yeah, you can't
>>110249384I empty all the boxes on the floor and label them all as empty, go fuck yourself
>>1102498110/10
>>110249831Yeah all the boxes have 0 out of ten fruit in them
>>110249384>open boxes, look inside>don't take anything
>>110249384I pulled an orange from apples and oranges box = apples.I pull apple from oranges = apples.Apples box is oranges and apples.
>>110249637>>110249654high ROI answers
>>1102498684/10
>>110249868I fucked that up.I pulled an orange from apples and oranges box = oranges.I pull apple from oranges box = apples.Apples box is oranges and apples.
>>110249901you still fucked it up you only have 1 pull 4/10
If someone fucked up the boxes i can't trust their story that they are indeed all perfectly wrong. I will look into each box since i can't trust their story at all.
>>110249914I did too.So if i pull an orange from apples and oranges, that box is just oranges and the other two boxes are wrong so swap the the remaining labels. AppleApples and oranges.
>>110249950>I did too>>110249901>I pulled an orange >I pull
OP is the King of Faggots.https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a23925/riddle-of-the-week-3/>Your coworker reminds you that all three crates are incorrectly labeled.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2F0bDpN8r5WYGl9TG2KgPgy/puzzle-for-today>The boxes have been incorrectly labeled such that no label identifies the actual contents of the box it labels.https://braineaser.com/brainteasers/boxes-of-apples-and-oranges/>but *all* 3 boxes were labeled incorrectly!https://www.riddledude.com/brain-riddle/three-boxes-of-fruit/>it is known that none of the boxes are labeled correctly.https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2017/01/08/can-you-solve-the-apples-and-oranges-riddle-the-mislabeled-boxes-interview-question-sunday-puzzle/>Unfortunately all of the labels are wrong.100/10</thread>
>>110249384>pick one fruit from one box>eat it>kick the boxes off the table>fruits roll all over the floor>kick the boxes back on the table>label each of them "empty"
>>1102499740/10
>>110249384Label them correctly then? What the fuck is this dumbfuck wuestio? Is the interviewer braindead?
>>110249498>nooo don't make me think! who needs critical thinking skills! i only hit rock with stick!
>>110250070how would you feel if you didn't have breakfast this morning?
>>110250110You wrote that, not me. I guess as a joke?
>>110249384>You can pick one fruit from one boxIt ends here. Can't do anything else if I can just pick one fruit from one box. Unsolvable.
>>110249384pick from the one labeled both fruits - now you know one box labeled one fruitthere is only one way the other boxes to be wrongly labeled - the box of fruit you didn't pick is wrongly labeled as the one containing both fruitsthe box labeled fruits
>>1102501300/10
>>110249384Empty all boxesRandomly assign fruits to boxesLabel all 3 apples and oranges
>>110249384Is it this simple, observe and fix by swapping and swap the remaining two again?
pick from the box labeled ‘mixed’ then you know with absolute certainty whether the box is apples or oranges. then you know that the remaining labels are flipped (if first is apples, orange box must be mixed, etc.)
>>110249384OP absolutely destroyed /g/ epic thread 80% of posters here are brown
>>110250241Nice deflection, tardlard. You can't even tie your shoelaces.
>>110249384I sniff the box. technology.
>>110249733They could all be labelled "whores" according to the problem description. The labels are merely incorrect.
>>110249733all it took was completely giving up your manhood and desperately try (and fail) to smile and appear smug
>>110250350if I labeled you "a fruit", would that be a wrong lable? food for thought
>>110249384To avoid confusion, we need to pick from one of the mono-fruit boxesSince they're all mislabeled, the "Apples/Oranges" box must be a mono-fruit boxSo we take a fruit from it, learning what box it rly isThe box labeled with the other fruit is the real Apples/Oranges box (cause we can now rule out both mono-fruit boxes for it)That leaves only 1 option for the box labeled with the fruit we got: The other fruit
>>110249546>if it is an apple, you are in case 1, if it's an orange, you are in case 20/10 (you mixed up the cases, can't work with someone so sloppy, ai would not have made this mistake, why did you not use ai, unable to learn new things)
>>110249384>feel around in each box without picking a fruit>label accordingly>pick an orange and eat it because its yummy
>>110249384pick from 1 box and then pick 2 from another box. If 1 box contains apple or orange then it apple or orange box. If second box contain apple and orange then it mix. If no mix then it either apple or orange box. Last box depend on both results so it matter-less.
>>110249384>The boxes are labeled incorrectly>You can pick one fruit from one box, but after that you must correctly label all boxesOk. Simple:>Pick box 1>Apples/Oranges?>Pick box 2>Apples/Oranges?Label both>Pick box 3>It's 50/50>Label mixedDone.>BUT WHAT IF YOU'RE WRONG?!Then I can check the boxes fully.>BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT! YOU CAN ONLY PICK ON--I refuse this dogshit hypothetical. You have the ability to check all boxes.It's 50/50 on all the boxes for one choice.The real "correctly label" is being able to pick 3 items out of each box. Thereby knowing which ones are the full apple/oranges. You still have a 50/50 on the mixed, but unless you're EXTREMELY "(un)lucky," you're going to get 2 of 3 of the apple/oranges to know it's mixed while the other two are fully 3/3 of the one or other.
>>110249421>accordinglyso like what? 50/50?
>>110249498Correct. You should be able to deduce the logical intelligence levels of a person from a normal conversation with them. You listen to how they formulate their sentences, which reveals the scale/depth/capacity of their mental process. If you cannot do this YOU are not qualified to make this judgment and be in this role.
>>110250158The problem with the question is that it does not clarify if you can see the contents of the boxes, or the labels, before selecting your one fruit to pick.
far far far too many variables to take into account, even bothering to answer without knowing everything would be a waste of my time and productivity
Doesn't say you can't look into the boxes, so I do just that and eat the fruit I took out
>>110249384Pick from the box labeled apple/orange because that box can't be an apple/orange box, the apple/orange box has to be labeled either apple or orange. If you pick an apple, the box labeled apple has to be the orange box. If you pick an orange, the box labeled orange has to be apple. The last one is apple/orange.actual : a | a/o | olabels1: o | a | a/olabels2: a/o | o | a
>>110249384look inside the boxes and label them correctly, duhit says you can only pick one fruit from one box but it doesn't say you can't look at all of them
"why the fuck we're maintaining a production system where all three labels are known to be wrong, and who approved a process that allows only one fruit inspection. Please submit a properly scoped request through the appropriate channel. We're not allocating sprint capacity to recreational fruit deduction.">go back to fuckin around
>>110249384pick from wrongly labelled mixed box (say, an apple) = only apple in the boxthe other two you would just swap the labels since you know they are not correct anywaysez peasy
>>110250835fruit -> labelretard
>>110249384pick one out of the falsely labelled mix box (apple?) = apple boxsince we know the apple box and we know the other two boxes are incorrect, the orange box must be the mixed box (since it cannot be only apples or only oranges) and the apple box would be the orange box.
>>110249384So they're just giving out IQ tests as interviews now?
>>110249384>goldreally?I would open all the boxes. It doesn't say you can't, so, that's what I would do.
>>110249384>the boxes are labeled incorrectlyis this supposed to be the trick to the question?its poorly worded if so. all boxes are labeled incorrectly? or just 2 of the boxes are wrong? its phrased ambiguously.
it's solved easily assuming all boxes are labelled incorrectly.such a lack of specifying is deserving of a brick forced into the throat of whoever is asking this.
>>110251910>>110251934Yep I think the difficulty comes from the wording, it's pretty easy once you understand they HAVE to be wrong.
O -> A or OA, A -> O or OA, OA -> A or OPick X from OA:X=O -> OA=O -> O=A -> A=OAX=A -> OA=A -> A=O -> O=OA
rather than a logic puzzle, this seems like a "know the trick in advance" puzzlethe two get mixed up annoyingly often
>>110249384I don't pick a fruit from a box.No longer my problem.
>>110249384ok but actually I thought I should post the solution based because it's alright.First, it's important to point out problem statements like that are why ai assumes way too much when you ask simple questions.Being practical and just looking in the box = bad score. This makes ai happily retarded. You point out you didn't prohibit looking in the box and it's like oh well fuck you haha don't care, because it doesn't matter with an izzat climb.izzat tests can't filter out retards.anyway, the solution to the fruit thing isABC, all mislabeled, where A and B are fruit types and C is mixed.ABCwe perform our check on C, revealing... A(B/C) (B/C) Awell, they are mislabeled, soBCAif it was B...(A/C) (A/C) BCAB
>>110249751updoot
>>110249384the boxes are labelled incorrectly, so by picking a fruit from the apples and oranges labled box, you'll know that the box is either only apples or oranges. Then you know the other 2 will have either both of the fruits or only the other one. The box labelled with the remaining fruit must be the apples and oranges box, since we know its incorrectly labelled at the start, and the last remaining must the other solitary fruit. Really not that hard if you know the labels are wrong at the start.
>>110249973>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2F0bDpN8r5WYGl9TG2KgPgy/puzzle-for-today>The boxes have been incorrectly labeled such that no label identifies the actual contents of the box it labels.Quote from the solution:>Open the box that is labeled "Apples and Oranges".So I'll just presume the boxes have been labeled after the three different categories even though it doesn't state so in the task?
>>110249384choose the box that is labelled "both apples and oranges", since labels are guaranteed to be incorrect whatever fruit you get is that box's actual label. once that box is solved, the other two boxes can swap labels.
>>110252690The "puzzle" should be something like :Three boxes are labeled apples, oranges and apples and oranges. The boxes contain one of those three, but every label is wrong. If you get to pick one fruit can you correct the labels?
>>110249554Did they say ALL labels are incorrect? The mixed could be correct and the other two incorrect
the correct answer
>>110252785I already gave it.ABC is the starting condition of fruit boxes:fruit a.fruit bcombination.ABCoperation: pick a fruit from C (we know it's A or B).result, let's say A.now we haveB/C, B/C, A. (because the combo box is A).well, B has to change, so it's C.BCAif it's BABCC pick finds BA/C, A/C, BCAB
I KNOW the answer, I'll reveal the first key: ALL boxes are misslaebled
>>110252763That wording is terrible. OP's may be a little misleading but at least it makes sense. I get to pick one fruit? I pick between apple and orange? Fuck you and fuck your retarded web comic.
>>110249384Look inside the boxes then change the labels
>>110252785You should assume it says that, yes.There are multiple ways to understand that sentence, but the solution exists only if it means all labels are incorrect. If you want to be an unfunny pedant no one likes, you can include all possible interpretation in your final answer.
>>110251275there are more permutations.ABCACBBACBCACABCBA
>>110249384>[all] boxes are labelled incorrectly>pull a fruit out of the box labelled both>if it's an orange then that box must only contain oranges so the "apple" box contains both and the "apples and oranges" box contains apples>if it's an apple than that box only has apples so the "oranges" box contains both and the "apples" box contains only orangeshi where is my tech job
>>110249384>the boxes are labeled incorrectlyi interpret as each box has a wrong labelthus, i pick from the apple+orange boxi then assign to that box the label of the fruit pulled outi then swap the labels on the remaining boxesviola, done
>>110249384I look inside all the boxes and label them correctly, then I pick an orange because that's my favorite.
>>110249384No one that knows how to program and has any self-respect puts up with these interviews. Sorry that I have to be the first to tell you this. We have options.
>>110253393Thank you, have a nice day. Don't call us, we'll call you.
>>110249384Look in the boxes.
>>110253393>not picking a rifle from the crateshameful
>>110249384>the boxes are labelled incorrectlyso this is some logic table slop no thanks
>>110253411Literally this. If this is how you want to judge the applicant's skills, we're not looking for each other.
>>110249384>There are 3 boxes on a table.Ok, 3 boxes and a table>One contains only apples, one contains only oranges, and one contains apples and oranges.Got it, apples, oranges, and a mix in front of me>The boxes are labeled incorrectlyAlright, incorrect labels. I take it we’ll be relying on the label rather than our senses then.>You can pick one fruit from one box, but after that, you must correctly label all boxes.One datapoint, ok.>How do you solve this?So, 3 boxes, unknown contents, meaningless labels, one sample.Unsolvable. “Incorrectly labeled” has infinite labelling possibilities, and even with 1 million samples you could just roll 1 million apples in the mixed box and never know for certain.Assuming you wrote this correctly, you would just pull your one from the “mixed” labelled box as you know it’s misapplied, thus forcing its contents to be all apples or all oranges. You then know its contents, either apples or oranges, leaving 2 boxes, one labeled “apples” and the other labeled “oranges.” Say for example the first box had oranges, you would then know that the box labelled “apples” is not oranges and not apples, as you already found the oranges box and you know the apple label is false, forcing this box to be “mixed”. If the first box had apples, same logic applies. Final box has the leftover contents.
>>110249384WHATS IN THE BOX?
I look inside the boxes and label the appropriately
it makes more sense now that i know that /all/ the labels are wrong. the original questions' "the boxes are labelled incorrectly" doesn't make this clear (having just two labels swapped and one correct still counts as "the boxes are labelled incorrectly", since that wording is for the boxes as a group, not individually)
Take one from the box labeled as Apples and oranges. Since the label is wrong you know there's only one type of fruit. Whatever you get it's the real labelYou swap labels between the box of apples and oranges and the label corresponding the fruit you got. That corresponding label is going to stay in place since is already correct You have already affected 2 of 3 boxes where 1 is definitely correctly labeled (the box where you pulled from) and the other one you just swapped labels. There's a third box that you haven't touched and it's label is meant to be wrong so the only correct answer is to swap labels between the untouched box and the one that you already swapped in the first part (the label of apples and oranges).That's it. The 3 labels are correct with just one pull and 2 swaps.
The wording of this question is retarded. All boxes being labelled incorrectly is a much more specific case than the boxes being labelled incorrectly as a whole and you shouldn't assume it by default.
>>110249384#1 Pick an apple at the start (picking an orange leads to the same process)#2 The apple was from box A at the start (picking from box B or C leads to the same process)#3 (You can determine that the correct label of either box B or box C is orange)#3 Box A is labelled apple (if it's labelled apple+orange, it leads to the same process)#4 You can determine that Box A's correct label is apple+orange#5 Box B is labelled orange (if box C is labelled orange, it leads to the same process)#6 You can determine that box C is correctly labelled orange and therefore box B is correctly labelled apple (first solution)#7 Box A is labelled orange instead of apple or apple+orange#8 Box B is labelled apple (Box C being labelled apple leads to the same process)->Box A: Apple or apple+orange, Box B: orange or apple+orange, Box C: orange or appleScenario A: Box A: Apple, Box B: Apple+orange, Box C: Orange (Shifted forward to false labels)Scenario B: Box A: Apple+Orange, Box B: Orange, Box C: Apple (Shifted backward to false labels)The indeterminacy is solved by avoiding picking an apple from the box labelled orange or picking an orange from a box labelled apple. You must pick from the box that says apple+orange. There is therefore one line of reasoning, interchangeable with the opposite fruit:>successfully think of what happens if you pick an apple from the orange-labelled box or vice versa>pick an apple from the box that says apple+orange>determine that it should say apple>determine that the remaining box other than the one that says orange should say orange>determine that the remaining one should say apple+orangeDone.
>>110250110ill-defined domains are just annoying.The reader having to discern ambiguities in the problem is insulting and unprofessional.
You solve it without picking anything. The description doesn't say you can't look into each box to see its contents.
>>110249384You are allowed to look into the boxes. Too easy.
>>110249384It says you can pick one fruit from only one box, but it doesn't prohibit me from just looking inside and seeing the contents of all the boxes, so I do that. I don't even need to pick anything out.
>>110249384before i take a fruit i take a look inside the other boxes.
>>110249384jews!
>>110249384Trivially simple if you take the implication that there are only the 'apples', 'oranges', and 'apples & oranges' labels available and that they are simply mixed up, which the question seems to be implying>open apples & oranges box, take out single fruit>this box is labelled wrong, therefore it necessarily must have a single fruit in it, label correctly >swap the other two labels because they are wrong according to the questionIf the labels could be anything then the problem is not solvable, information theory dictates that one additional piece of information is required because of the combined box>open box, take out fruit >if it is an apple, it could be the apple box, or the apples & oranges box >if it is an orange, it could be the oranges box, or the apples & oranges box>can not correctly label the boxes with the information available
>>110249384I'm glad I managed to solve this before checking the thread, but it is bullshit misdirection that should rightly be solved by a simple "I decline the fruit as I am not hungry, and simply label the boxes correctly - because read literally, nothing implies the boxes are closed.".
Define orange
>>110249384more of a reading comprehension question than a logic question. with the information from the labels it is trivial to solve
>>110249384Pick no fruits. Look inside the boxes.
oh look it's yet another "someone familiar with the problem describes the problem poorly without noticing because they're familiar with the problem and thinks it's a harder problem than it is because people interpret the question differently than intended because it's described inaccurately" thread.
>isn't there a version for retards of the problem?roflcopter
MANZANAS NARANJAS AMBASambas ambas manzanasnaranjas manzanas naranjasSaco una fruta de AMBASsupongamos saco una manzanaEntonces sé que AMBAS contiene manzanasEntoces sé que NARANJAS contiene ambasEntonces sé que MANZANAS contiene naranjasLo mismo si saco una naranjatranslate it if you wanti'm drunk and even i could do it
>>110256674>familiar with the problemyou mean>was told the solution without understanding the question
>>110257073that's another possibility
>>110249384Pick from the box labeled as "Apples and oranges"
>>110249384Sue them for ableism because I cannot imagine apples and oranges with my aphantasia
got it right from the comfort of my home but under the pressure of the interview i would have started sweating in the interview because they would see how long it's taking me, then i would worry about visible butt and back sweat, leading to more sweat, and it all would have made me crash out and i would have gotten up and said "thank you for this opportunity" with no eye contact before rushing out
>>110257280Based
>>110249384>open the box and look whats in it. >label them accordingly>profit
>>110251240>it does not clarify if you can see the contents of the boxesThere would be no problem at all if you could see the contents you fucking dunce.
>>110249384It is astounding how many people ITT either don't comprehend the problem at all, or "solve" it totally wrong.>>110249639>>110249629>Where is it written that the three labels are swapped ans no box has the right label?"The boxes are labeled incorrectly" is right there.I guess they could have phrased it more explicitly but intuiting the meaning of unclear instructions is also required for the job.
>>110249629you nigga can't even readjust admit you are stupid
>>110249546This is the correct answer.
>>1102493841. Are all boxes guaranteed to be mislabeled or not?2. What if there is one item in a mixed fruit box?3. Is the mixed box guaranteed to have mixed items? For example, can there be only one apple/orange?3. Are boxes guaranteed to be non-empty?4. Where are the boxes?Needs regrooming.
>>110257601it's apparently assumed that /all/ labels are wrong, so you pick one from the "mixed" box, it can't be mixed because the label is wrong, so if you get an apple, it's the apples box, if you pick an orange, it's the oranges box. the other two boxes swap labels to correct them because there's only two left and they're both necessary wrong (swapped).
>>110257341>"The boxes are labeled incorrectly" is right there.Yeah kind of "snuck in" in the middle, easy to overlook. It also doesn't mean ALL the boxes are labeled incorrectly.As with all of these time-wasting questions, like the gold silver ball one, they are vague on purpose so that people will disagree and discuss them.
>>110249384I'll just shake the boxes and attempt to determine their contents from the sensory feedback. I'd wager you could probably distinguish the impact sound of an apple versus an orange just by shaking the container, in addition to detecting the smells.
>>110249566I hate shit like this. Fuck you and fuck goldman sachs
>>110257367I'm an empathI wouldnt guess that some evil guy would mislable all three boxes deliberately.
>>110257804>/all/ labels are wrongis still insufficient, the actual condition for the desired solution to hold is that the text on the labels is correct for one of the three boxes, but placed on the wrong box>the boxes contain apples, oranges, both, and the labels are "bob", "vagene", and "penis"would also be all labels incorrect
>>110257883yes, specifically you have three boxes, oranges, apples, and mixed, along with three labels, oranges, apples, and mixed, and none of the labels are on their appropriate box.there's too many assumptions in the original wording
>>110249384> The boxes are labeled incorrectly.Ok. But that doesn’t mean that ALL the boxes are labeled incorrectly, just that there is something wrong with these three boxes. If one box is labeled correctly, but the other two aren’t, this statement is still true and you’re shit out of luck with your >only take one sample bullshit. The correct answer is >if my job is to make sure the boxes are correct, let me open them up and look inside. If the can’t do that, redesign your process or write some clause into your EULA that tell the customer that they can get fucked on gotta accept what they get.
>>110257341>The boxes are labeled incorrectlyThat's not the same thing as all the boxes are labeled incorrectly and it also doesn't say anything about what's incorrect about their labeling. They could all say "pears".
>>110249384The problem is unsolvable.Labelling is a knowledge task. Doing a knowledge task incorrectly implies you didn't know how to do it, not that you did it perfectly but in reverse.
>>110249384>don't pick any fruit>look into the boxes>label themWhat do I win?
