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Two false coins (Posted on 2005-03-25) Difficulty: 3 of 5
You have ten coins, but two are fake, and weigh a little less. How many times do you have to use a two arm scale, in order to pick out the two fakes?

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Answer Comment 11 of 11 |

The two arm scale must be used at least 5 times  in order to pick out the two fakes.

Edited on February 13, 2023, 9:58 am
  Posted by K Sengupta on 2009-01-09 12:41:16

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