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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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A much simpler solution | Comment 2 of 6 |
Take a pearl from each bag and weigh it. Five weighings and accurate result. No math, no calculations. Just don't forget which pearl came from which bag!
  Posted by Jimmy Bob on 2002-12-13 07:47:51
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