Thursday, October 29, 2009

A brainteaser


Twenty people attend a party.  There's a basket filled with twenty apples by the door. When the party is over, as each person leaves, he/she takes an apple from the basket.  Each person takes one, but one apple is left in the basket.  How can that be?

12 comments:

ashley calderon . said...

well its because one person choosed not to take an apple.
or maybe one of them din't know that they where giving apples and he left like that.

bryan cuevas said...

the last person how got an apple didn't get just the apple he/she took the whole basket with the apple in it

walter said...

I think that the one person did not take one . Or I think someone left because it was bored

Shahroze Chaudharry said...

Nice You found it!!!

My guess is that the last person was the one who maked the party so he idint leave. The people who leave get the apple.Sine there were 20 people in the party he was one of them.

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maria said...

One apple is left because one person didn`t want one or he/she forgot to get one a apple....

Jennifer and Maria.O said...

We know its because one person did not come

KAREN said...

I say that there is one apple left behind because the person who did not take the apple. Did not know that there were giving out apples, or she/he did not like apples.






karen

Ms Lyons said...

Congratulations to Bryan and Shah! You are both correct. So if you want to see the answer read their responses. Otherwise, try to figure it out on your own.

guadalupe yaquelin sanchez said...

well i think that is because one person chose not to take an apple .
or maybe one dint new that they were giving apples away .
or maybe the party was to borring and she/he leth early .

Anonymous said...

i think a apple was left because they might had forgot
or maybe they didnt want to get a apple because they dont like apples

Manahil said...

I think one person didn't take one or the person who made the party had and apple including him so he didn't take one
I think these are two possibilies