Gold Box Puzzle
There are three boxes on a table. One of the boxes contains Gold and the other two are empty. A printed message is contained in each box. One of the messages is true and the other two are lies.
The first box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Second box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Third box says 'The Gold is in the Second box'.
Which box has the Gold?
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Let's first look at the second and third statements:
2: The gold is not in here
3: The gold is in box 2.
Because they are saying opposite things, we know that one of them must be telling the truth. Now box 1 says " The gold is not in here ". But we know that the statement must be false, proving that the gold IS actually in there.