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Old 07-09-2012, 08:57 AM   #8180
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Originally Posted by Daithi View Post
That was a pretty good solution Pdurrant, and it wasn't even the one from the show.

The way they did it on the show was to take 1 coin from bag one, 2 coins from bag two, and 3 coins from bag three and weigh them all. If all the bags had real gold they would weigh 6 oz., but if bag 1 had the fake gold the coins would weigh 6.1 oz. If bag 2 had the fake gold the coins would weigh 6.2 oz., and if bag 3 had the real gold the coins would weigh 6.3 oz.

The show was an old rerun of Colombo and he was investigating a killing at a Mensa club, so very good coming up with a solution Pdurrant.
What about all the business with the penny scale and the penny? And I thought you said the gold coins wouldn't operate the scale? I'm confused .
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