Three cups sit in a row. The first two are full and the third is empty. How can you make them alternate full, empty, full by touching only one cup? - Answer & Hint

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Three cups sit in a row. The first two are full and the third is empty. How can you make them alternate full, empty, full by touching only one cup?

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Hint: You can move the liquid, not the cup positions.

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Pour the second cup into the third cup.

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Lifting only the second cup and pouring it into the third changes full-full-empty into full-empty-full.

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