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From: foreman@winston.UUCP (Alastair Foreman)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Mixing Liquids
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Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 18:20:30 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 18:20:30 1986
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Reply-To: foreman@winston.UUCP (Alastair Foreman)
Organization: New Media Technologies, Burnaby, BC, CANADA
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Summary: 


Here is an interesting puzzle, which I must confess I already know the
answer to, but would like to know the ELEGANT solution.  I will post a
summary if there is sufficient response.

Puzzle:

    Take a half a cup of tea, and a half a cup of coffee.
    Take one tablespoon of the tea and mix it in with the coffee.
    Take one tablespoon of the mixture and mix it back in with the tea.

    The question is, which of the two cups (if either) contains more of 
    its original contents, and WHY.

Remember, I'm looking for simple, elegant solutions here....

enjoy

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    Alastair Foreman
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