Can you solve the counterfeit coin riddle? - Jennifer Lu
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You’re the realm’s greatest mathematician, but ever since you criticized the Emperor’s tax laws, you’ve been locked in the dungeon. Luckily for you, one of the Emperor’s governors has been convicted of paying his taxes with a counterfeit coin, which has made its way into the treasury. Can you earn your freedom by finding the fake? Jennifer Lu shows how.
In the first weighing of the problem, could we have split the 12 coins another way (e.g., 2 groups of 3 and one group of 6) and still completed the problem in 3 weighs?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Jennifer Lu
- Director Outis
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Associate Producer Jessica Ruby
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Addison Anderson
