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Three Surgeons
Logic
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How can three surgeons, with open wounds on their hands, operate on a patient with only two surgical gloves so that nobody is directly exposed to anybody else's blood?
They can operate one at a time and can all operate one-handed.
They can operate one at a time and can all operate one-handed.
Answer
Call the gloves A and B, and the surgeons 1, 2, and 3.First, surgeon 1 operates with glove A inside glove B.
Second, take glove A out of glove B.
Third, surgeon 2 operates using glove B.
Fourth, turn glove A inside out.
Fifth, surgeon 3 operates with glove A inside glove B.
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