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The Wine and Water Puzzle
which glass is more mixed?
One glass holds water and another holds the same amount of wine. Take a spoonful of wine, stir it into the water, then take a spoonful of that mixture and put it back into the wine. Is there more wine in the water, or more water in the wine?
Source: A classic puzzle, retold by INFINITE SUM and fact-checked against our curated notes
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