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To: Mitch Blevins who wrote (108)3/2/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: space cadet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 136
 
Nice work. It's a pretty tough problem. Now if you are a mathematician figure out the maximum number of balls n that could be examined in k weighings to figure out which one is heavier or lighter. I mentioned this problem to a mathematician friend of mine and he did actually figure it out, but I don't remember his solution.