Published 13:41 IST, April 11th 2020
'I have 6 eggs, I broke,cooked and ate 2' solution for the popular WhatsApp egg puzzle
'I have 6 eggs, I broke, cooked and ate 2. How many eggs do I have now?'. Here's the explained solution for the popular Whatsapp egg puzzle. Read for more.
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Solving puzzles in of best things to do during lockdown. You might have received a lot of puzzles or seen a few on Whatsapp statuses. However, in many cases, se puzzles look quite simple, but we end up giving wrong answers for it. One such simple puzzle that has been doing rounds on Whatsapp is egg puzzle, re ahe if you want to know correct and logical answer for puzzle.
Answer to unique & simple egg puzzle
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- I have 6 eggs, I broke 2, I cooked 2 and ate 2. How many eggs do I have?
Answer: You have 6 eggs now.
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Explanation: This puzzle is all about knowing your tenses right. But re are multiple answers to this puzzle.
Scenario 1:
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- I have 6 eggs - 'have' is in Present Tense.
- I broke 2, I cooked 2 and ate 2 - 'broke', 'cooked' and 'ate' are in Past Tense.
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scenarios play according to rules of tenses in grammar. eggs were supposed to be broken, cooked and eaten, but are still safe which concludes you still have six eggs left with you.
However, if you think of solving this puzzle using different scenarios, you have 4 eggs left or 0 eggs left. Speaking about how you have four eggs left, eggs you broke, cooked and ate can be same two eggs which means you have 4 eggs left. In or scenario, re can be a possibility that you broke two eggs, cooked two eggs and ate two eggs out of six eggs which means you have no eggs left at all. However, correct answer for this puzzle is you have 6 eggs left, and it all sums up to knowing your grammar right!
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13:41 IST, April 11th 2020