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From: tino@hou2f.UUCP (A.TINO)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: tea/coffee puzzle (SPOILER)
Message-ID: <640@hou2f.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 10:35:43 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 19 10:35:43 1986
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>    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.

They each contain the same amount of their original contents.
For every drop of tea in the coffee-cup, there's a corresponding drop of
coffee in the tea-cup; likewise, for every drop of tea missing from
the tea-cup, there's a corresponding drop of coffee missing from
the coffee-cup.

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Al Tino
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