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Can you solve the prisoner boxes riddle? - Yossi Elran

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Your favorite band is great at playing music...but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instruments on tour, and it’s driving their manager mad. Can you solve the brain-numbing riddle their manager assigns them and make sure the band stays on their label? Yossi Elran shows how.

The violinist managed to persuade the conductor to admit friend of his into the room who was allowed to look into all the boxes and then switch 2 instruments, but he was not allowed to communicate with any of the musicians. What can he do to 100% ensure success? In what case is this necessary?

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  • Educator Yossi Elran
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  • Narrator Addison Anderson

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