This one weird trick will get you infinite gold - Dan Finkel
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A few years ago, the king decided your life would be forfeit unless you tripled the gold coins in his treasury. Fortunately, a strange little man appeared and magically performed the feat. Unfortunately, you promised him your first-born child in exchange for his help — and today he’s come to collect. Can you figure out how to outsmart the man and keep your baby? Dan Finkel shows how.
Explain why the magic makes a single coin into two coins when it’s applied only once. How does that follow from the rules?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Daniel Finkel
- Director Gavin Edwards, Movult
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Music Cem Misirlioglu
- Sound Designer Cem Misirlioglu
- Senior Producer Anna Bechtol
- Producer Sazia Afrin
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
