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Sorting Coins (Posted on 2004-01-18)

You have 12 coins. They are completely identical except six of them weigh 24g and the other six weigh 25g. You have only a balance scale to sort them out. What is the minimum number of weighings which guarantees all the coins to be sorted?

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The required minimum number of weighings is 8.

Edited on March 29, 2023, 10:01 pm

Posted by K Sengupta on 2007-12-21 12:21:19

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