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Trickier Pearls (Posted on 2002-10-08) Difficulty: 2 of 5

Your boss liked how you solved the Tricky Pearls problem and has now given you a new one.

You have 5 bags of pearls. You are told that each bag contains either all genuine pearls, or all fake pearls. Real pearls weigh 10 grams and fake pearls weigh 9 grams.

Armed with a very precise scale, how can you figure out which bags contains the fake pearls with the fewest number of weighings?

See The Solution Submitted by Happy    
Rating: 2.5000 (4 votes)

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  Subject Author Date
piece of cakeRohan Shah2004-03-31 13:39:33
I got itChaz2003-05-03 07:51:03
Re: solutionjohn2003-04-03 16:22:31
re: A much simpler solutionTomM2002-12-13 08:14:54
A much simpler solutionJimmy Bob2002-12-13 07:47:51
Less bags and more bagsTomM2002-10-08 18:09:56
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