There are three boxes labeled "apples", "oranges", and "apples + oranges", but each box is labeled incorrectly. What is the minimum number of steps required to correctly label all the boxes, assuming each fruit picked is one step?

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To correct the labels on 3 boxes with jumbled fruit labels, the least number of steps required is 2.

Pick a fruit from the box labeled 'apples + oranges', since it must contain both fruits.
Then pick a fruit from the box labeled 'oranges', as it cannot contain apples.

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1 ---> If A+O is labeled incorrectly that means it doesn't contain both apples and oranges, so when we pick out a fruit it is either orange or apple. Consider it is an apple so, this box is labeled as apples. Now, the oranges box can't contain oranges and also, can't contain only apples so, it will be A+O. And lastly, the box that is left will be labeled oranges.

There are three boxes labeled "apples", "oranges", and "apples + oranges", but each box is labeled incorrectly. What is the minimum number of steps required to correctly label all the boxes, assuming each fruit picked is one step?

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