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Tags: combinatorics, coins, algorithm, Strategy



There are 100 visually identical coins of three types: golden, silver and copper. There is at least one coin of each type. Each golden coin weighs 3 grams, each silver coins weighs 2 grams and each copper coin weighs 1 gram. How to find the type of each coin performing no more than 101 measurements on a balance scale with no weights.