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Mislabeled Jars
Jane StreetOptiver
Three jars are labeled “Apples”, “Oranges”, and “Apples + Oranges”. Every label is wrong. Drawing one fruit at a time without looking, what is the minimum number of draws to correctly relabel all three jars?
Approach
Start with the jar whose label cannot possibly be true in a useful way.
Every label is wrong — use that hard.
Answer
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