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Puzzles | How do you... ? | Ten Apples and A Basket

Ten Apples and A Basket puzzle

You have a basket containing ten apples. You have ten friends, who each desire an apple. You give each of your friends one apple.

After ten minutes, each of your friends has one apple each. Yet there is an apple remaining in the basket.

How is this possible?