How do I solve the coin problem?

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You work for a company that develops puzzles for the general public. Your job is two-fold: first, to solve the puzzles to ensure that they have solutions, and are unable to solve the problem on their own. This evening, one of your colleagues claimed...

In the Last 20 Years What Major American Problems Have Been Solved? Here are some examples of major American problems: 1. The Failure of our Schools (K-12) 2. The Failure of our Quest of Energy Independence. 3. The Failure of the Federal Budgets (Fiscal...

I have an algebra problem: You have a coin collection of nickels and dimes. You have 22 coins worth $1.70. How many of each coin do you have? Solve using elimination. I set up the system like this: n + d=22 5n + 10d=1.70 I changed the first problem to...

I have this math problem due and I cant figure it out... seriously...help!!! Solve the following problem by setting up 3 equations in 3 variables, Change the system into a matrix equation and solve for each of the variables. Ryan has a jar containing...

I think that this problem is very difficult partly because it does not have a closed form algebraic solution. I was able to solve it with a Markov transition matrix or a recursive solution. Here is the exact answer using 10 coin tosses and different...

Here is the puzzle,and I want an answer for it - I have 12 coins.One of them is fake,but the fake coin has the same appearance as of the real coins but has different weight.We have to find out the fake coin through the shortest number of measurements...