i was asked a riddle and i cant crack it!!! so please help… 10 gold coins and 1 counterfeit?
there are 10 gold coins from that 1 is a counterfeit we don’t know if the fake one is heavier or lighter than the gold coins and you get only 3 readings on the scale to solve it.
P.S. all the coins look identical. the only difference is the fake one is either heavier or lighter than the original. and all the other 9 original coins weigh the same!
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The Gold Coins Riddle! Help!!?
Ok, i really need help with this riddle, here it goes…
A king has 8 gold coins, one of the coins is counterfeit and weighs less than the others. The king has only one balance scale. How can the king find the counterfeit coin using the least number of weighings?
please explain!
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