And of course, if I fried them, I ate them later. So it’s very likely that the two I ate are also the same ones I fried and smashed.

So… How many eggs do I have left?

If I smash, fry, and eat 2 eggs, the remaining 4 eggs will remain intact. No further action is mentioned regarding them.

🟢 Correct answer: 4 eggs.

Why do most people get it wrong? 🔍
The trick is to imagine that you broke two different eggs, fried two more, and ate two more, as if they were six different eggs. But the text doesn’t say that they are all different; it just lists actions, and these actions can refer to the same eggs.

This teaches us an important lesson: we often react without analysis, projecting our assumptions instead of reading carefully.

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