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A man goes to a fair and buys some 81 gold coins. After he pays for it, the guy who sold those coins tells it to him tat one of those coins is a fake and it weighs a bit less than other coins. This man comes home n wants to find which one is the counterfeit one. He is puzzled how to find the fake coin easily n the only thing he has is a small balance scale with 2 pans hanging on the 2 sides. His servant comes along n the man tells him his problem.


The servant smiles n says , "Sir i can do this with jus 4 weighings on the balance scale n tell u which is the fake one n tell u which r the 80 good ones" and he does as he says.


How does he do so ?


 


(Hint : This is a purely logical qsn and is not a googly. so plz think only on how he weighs them )

    
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Come on !!! Noone is willin to try ?

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Take 27 aside, weigh the other two
If one is lighter it contains the counterfeit coin
If both are equal third group has it
Now take 3 groups of 9, 9 and 9
Then 3 groups of 3, 3, and 3
Then 1 each
4 weighings
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Nice. Tats right.
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Seen this kind of puzzles before :P.. But thanks for the rates anyway :D
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