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I was registering at another forum today and got this challenge question:



I realize this is to stop spammers from registering with a bot, but... yuck. How do you put only 3 back?

You eat 6, then put 3 back? Or you can up-chuck them.

EDIT: Answer is here. Scroll down to the bottom of first post, because if I post the answer here, bots can easily beat that question.

I disagree with their answer as there isn't enough information to get there. I need to know how many I started with.
Do I consider the apples I've consumed? Hopefully not. If I put 3 back, I certainly don't have those anymore - I put them back.
If I started with nine, then I have none. If I had a dozen, then I have 3.

They forgot to mention that you start with 12 possibly? Try the answer and see if it works.

I'm with Blue on this. It's the Rules Lawyer in me.

Woo hoo! Jacob is on my side!! I can't lose

Yeah, it's a bad question. Since they imply that the starting number is in there, I'd guess there were "a dozen of apples" to start. If you eat 6 of them, they're gone -- turned into applesauce in your tummy. Then which three do you put "back"? Back to where? If the answer is what DHK said, then it must be 3 of the ones you ate. But then my answer would be "6 and a pile of nasty applesauce." If you return three uneaten ones (to the store?), then you'd still have 3 uneaten ones left (and *maybe* the 6 in your stomach, but they're not really apples anymore). Then again, you could plant the seeds, and in a few years you'd have dozens of dozens left, right, and center!

(This is why teachers hate smart alecks.)

There is a missing word in that question. Add "of" between "half" and "a dozen."