Adira keeps gold, red, black, pink and white pearls in five small boxes. Each box contains pearls of only one colour. The boxes are labelled as shown, and all the statements are true. Adira's friend Lilly wants to know which box contains the gold pearls. She may open exactly one of the five boxes to look inside. Which box must Lilly open to be certain which of the boxes contains the gold pearls?
Select one option, then click Submit.
gold or red
pink or black
black or gold
not black
pink or white
Select an option, then submit.
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