Start with a half cup of tea and a half cup of coffee.
logic/mixing
Problem
Start with a half cup of tea and a half cup of coffee. Take one tablespoon of the tea and mix it in with the coffee. Take one tablespoon of this mixture and mix it back in with the tea. Which of the two cups contains more of its original contents?
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Mixing Liquids The two cups end up with the same volume of liquid they started with. The same amount of tea was moved to the coffee cup as coffee to the teacup. Therefore each cup contains the same amount of its original contents.