This classic riddle sounds like a simple subtraction problem, but the wording is the real trick.
There are three apples, and you take away two of them.
The question does not ask how many apples are left. It asks how many apples YOU have.
Since you personally took two apples, those are the ones you now have.
Answer: You have 2 apples.
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