One man had a basement lit by three electric bulbs. The switches for these light bulbs were located outside the basement, so by turning on any of the switches, the owner had to go down to the basement to see which light bulb was lit. One day he came up with a way to determine for each switch which light bulb it turns on by going to the basement exactly once. What is this method?
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