#5. Did you find the hiding turkey?

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Answer:

Check box 2 on the first day, then 3 on the second day, and then 4 on the third day. If the turkey was in an even box, you are guaranteed to find it on one of those first three days. If you don’t find it, then it must have started in an odd-numbered box, and on the start of the fourth day, it must be in an even-numbered box. So you then check box 2 on the fourth day, then box 3 on the fifth day, and finally box 4 on the sixth day. No matter what, you will have found the turkey.

In short: check box 2 then 3 then 4, and if you do not find the turkey, check box 2 then 3 then 4 again.

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