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Image of Lewis Carroll looking puzzled between a glass labeled “milk” and a bucket labeled “water.”

Image of Lewis Carroll looking puzzled between a glass labeled “milk” and a bucket labeled “water.”

Lewis Carroll’s Milk and Water Puzzle: The Spoon Does the Math

Most solutions to this classic puzzle miss the point. The equality comes from the spoon carrying the same volume both ways, not from the containers.

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