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10 Bags of Gold |
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Gold coin weighs one gram,
counterfeit coin weighs 1.1 grams. You have 10 bags full of coins,
nine of the bags are full of real gold but one bag is full of the
counterfeit coins. Given a perfect scale (a pointer scale, for
example) and ONE weighing can you determine which bag has counterfeit
coins? If so how?
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* This puzzle is a clever modern
variation of coin-weighing puzzles... |
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Mini-Contest 9 - Ten
Bags of Gold is FINISHED |
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| It was our
ninth mini-contest. Now we'd like to propose this
contest's results and some details about
the puzzle
and its
solution.
With this Mini-Contest 9 is finished. |
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The
winners are:
1. Jensen Lai.
2. Kevin McMullin.
3. Ray Beaumont.
4. Horst Karaschewski.
5. Mike Kurylo.
6. Nicole Takahashi.
7. Sheila Hedger.
8. Brian Tolfree.
9. Igor Goldman.
10. Kaj Braek.
11. Jason Meyers.
12. Ambadas.
13. Sandhya Kunnatur.
14. Adnan Macit.
15. Suhas Subramany. |
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Last Updated: September 30, 2007 | Posted:
January 7, 2002 |
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