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Question #93

Pictured below are two seemingly identical boxes, both painted white with black circles in the center of the white surface.

The question is, other than minor cosmetic differences, what might the difference between the two boxes be?

The difference between the two boxes is:

(a) nothing, silly, they are obviously the same.
(b) the box on the left has a hole, the box on the right has a black painted circle.
(c) the box on the right has a hole, the box on the left has a black painted circle.
(d) one is painted white inside, the other is painted black inside.

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