Monday, July 9, 2007

Solution to contaminated pill problem

This is a simple 1..
Take one pill from jar 1.. two from jar 2 and so on till 5 from jar 5..
Now Weigh the pills together..
If the reading of the weighing machine ends in 9 then the contaminated pill is from jar 1..
If it ends in 8 then it is from jar 2.
If 7 then jar 3.
If 6 then jar 4.
and if 5 then jar 5.

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