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Problem from Lewis Carroll: There are two cups, the first one contains
50 spoonfuls of brandy, the second one 50 spoonfuls of water. Someone
takes a spoonful from the cup with brandy and empties it into the water
cup, mixes well, and then takes a spoonful of the mixture and empties
it
into the first (brandy) cup. Does the first cup now contain more, less,
or the same amount of brandy as the second contains water?

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