{"id":19372,"date":"2026-03-29T14:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/?p=19372"},"modified":"2026-03-29T14:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:11:04","slug":"i-have-6-eggs-2-are-broken-i-tried-2-i-ate-2-how-many-eggs-do-i-still-have-%f0%9f%a4%94-99-of-people-are-wrong-%f0%9f%91%89-see-the-first-comment-%f0%9f%91%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/?p=19372","title":{"rendered":"I have 6 eggs. 2 are broken. I tried 2. I ate 2. How many eggs do I still have? \ud83e\udd14 99% of people are wrong\u2026 \ud83d\udc49 See the first comment. \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a classic trick that likes to spread on social media and confuses people with the way the sentences are formulated. Most people start counting down right away ($6 \u2013 2 \u2013 2 \u2013 2 = $0), but the secret to success is in logic and time sequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The correct answer is: You still have 4 eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is that?<br>Here is a logical breakdown that will explain why those \u201c99% of people\u201d make the mistake:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have 6 eggs: This is your starting state.<br>2 of you broke: In order to fry or boil eggs, you have to break them. So these two broken eggs are the same ones you later cooked.<br>2 you tried (cooked): You put the two that you broke into a pan or pot.<br>2 you ate: You finally ate the same two eggs that you broke and cooked.<br>The mathematical notation for this puzzle:<br>Instead of counting down one after the other, it&#8217;s one and the same process with the same two pieces:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">$$6 \\text{ (original)} \u2013 2 \\text{ (broken\/cooked\/eaten)} = 4 \\text{ (remaining)}$$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A little joke: If we had eaten those eggs raw and in their shells and not broken them, then there would have been zero eggs, but we would probably end up at the doctor&#8217;s office and not solving the puzzle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These puzzles are great for training attention because they force us to think about the meaning of words, not just numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would you like to try another similar logic puzzle that most people get confused by, or should we stick with grandma&#8217;s recipes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a classic trick that likes to spread on social media and confuses people with the way the sentences are formulated. Most people start counting down right away ($6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nteresting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19374,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372\/revisions\/19374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}