3 Chests with Gold Silver coins puzzle

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3 Chests with Gold Silver coins puzzle

3 Chests with Gold Silver coins puzzle

You are presented with 3 chests:

Chest A has been labelled with "100 gold coins."
Chest B has been labelled with "50 gold and 50 silver coins."
Chest C has been labelled with "100 silver coins."

You are told that each label is incorrectly placed
because it describes the contents of another chest.
To help you determine which chest truly contains 100 gold coins,
you are allowed to randomly pick a coin from any chest.

Which chest should you pick a coin from ?

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You should pick a coin from Chest B which is labelled with "50 gold and 50 silver coins."

Explanation:
Because if you pick a gold coin, you know that this is the chest with 100 Gold Coins.
And if you pick a silver coin, you know that the chest labelled "100 silver coins" contains 100 Gold Coins.