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Re: Please help me with the following question
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Mar 7, 2013 9:10 PM
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That is a very hard problem. I managed to figure out weighings 1 and 3 but could not complete that middle step. This is not a binary search, it is an exhaustive search.
Bob Hansen
On Mar 7, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Joe Niederberger <niederberger@comcast.net> wrote:
> By the way, the twelve coin problem is a real classic -- my father told me it when I was about 10.
> Its easy enough to find a solution using Google, but as a courtesy to those who want to tough it out - please don't post a real solution here without the word "SPOILER" up front!
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> Cheers,
> Joe N
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