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Old 04-24-2002, 01:54 PM  
bunky
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Quote:
Originally posted by Robert
you have 9 coins. one of them is counterfeit and it's heavier then the other ones. and you have scales ..
what is the minimum number of tries you need to determine the counterfeit coin?

unlogically the answer is one, but you have to have a hell of a lot of luck

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