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Tricky Pearls (Posted on 2002-10-08) Difficulty: 2 of 5
You have been given 10 bags of pearls. You are told that one of the bags is full of those cheap plastic kind of pearls, but the other nine are the real deal. Naturally, you cannot tell the difference just by looking. However, you know that the fake pearls weigh 9 grams each, while the real ones are one gram heavier and weigh 10.

Armed with a very presice scale, you could weigh a pearl from each bag until you find the fake one by weight, but that would take up to 10 weighings. Can you do it in less?

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  Subject Author Date
Puzzle Thoughts K Sengupta2023-06-18 23:12:12
cheap wayhumfoozneydannle2005-01-02 00:50:23
ColomboBruce Brantley2004-09-01 05:19:56
No SubjectGamer2003-04-08 12:40:36
ChanceN__A__T__A2003-01-02 10:57:53
re(4): Question of a questionNick Reed2002-10-09 06:40:46
re(3): Question of a questionlevik2002-10-09 01:32:53
re(2): Question of a questionNick Reed2002-10-08 22:30:50
Solutionre(3): SolutionTomM2002-10-08 18:40:28
Hints/Tipsre: Question of a questionTomM2002-10-08 18:33:44
Solutionre(2): SolutionTomM2002-10-08 18:27:22
Some ThoughtsQuestion of a questionNick Reed2002-10-08 11:43:54
possible soultionAmanda2002-10-08 09:10:29
re: Solutionfriedlinguini2002-10-08 06:25:36
SolutionSolutionRich Cowley2002-10-08 05:40:17
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