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Old 06-15-2010, 03:03 AM   #12
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Alas, you've missed the bit in the question that says "either slightly heavier or slightly lighter than the others" and have assumed that a fake coin will always be lighter than a real coin.

Try again? You're looking at it along the right sort of lines. And yes, it's acceptable to pay a debt of two coins with two good coins and one fake one.

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