Four Fruits
Posted on October 4, 2007 - Filed Under Funny Riddles |
In a contest, four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. 123 people participate in the contest. When the boxes are opened, it turns out that 43 people have guessed none of the fruits correctly, 39 people have guessed one fruit correctly, and 31 people have guessed two fruits correctly.
The Riddle : How many people have guessed three fruits correctly, and how many people have guessed four fruits correctly?
The Answer: It is not possible to guess only three fruits correctly: the fourth fruit is then correct too! So nobody has guessed three fruits correctly and 123-43-39-31 = 10 people have guessed four fruits correctly.
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I read the riddle several times and i truly still DO NOT understand the point of the riddle.
That answer is false. You can too guess three correctly. If you answer all four correctly than you have also guessed three correctly too. Don’t tell me that this is too technical because the answers is supposed to be technical anyway.