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The golf ball riddle

rgiller · 2006-04-28 14:06:52

One of the tougher ones: So at a driving range there are six golf ball dispensing machines. Five of them give out golf balls of exactly the same size and weight (10 grammes) but the other gives out balls of the same size but double the weight (20 grammes). ie All balls are the same size but the balls from one machine are…

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#32 28-05-2006 12:54pm
w66w66

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Bill McH wrote:

So, tremendous work, w66w66.

Hats off.

Thank you, but I have to say I found the 12 coin problem harder, as the principles behind the 120 coin are bascially the same as the coin 12 one but on a larger scale. For example one could easily apply the principles behind the 120 coin problem solution to the 1092 coin problem with 7 weighs, and on and on and on.
figuring out these principles is the truly difficult part.

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