7. The Eggs 7. There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket? Added 1 January 2007 · Updated 12 July 2026 Show Hint Show Solution Hint: A alternate version of the problem is... Saradhi, Nick & Ted win a raffle contest. The prize is three hard boiled eggs in a basket. After discussing how to divide the prize, each take one egg. Nick & Ted get hungry and so eat their eggs. One of the original eggs is still left in original basket. Solution: The last person took the basket with the last egg still inside.
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It doesn't say one person could have put theirs back.
but on the last one all of the people take an egg OUT of the besket
Six people take one of the eggs, doesn't that mean that there are five eggs in the basket?
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