22/06/2023
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You have twelve identical looking coins, out of which eleven are genuine and weigh the same, and one is a fake, which either weighs less than or more than the genuine coin. Besides this you have a standard two-pan beam balance which allows you to place any number of items in each of the pans.
Find the minimum number of weighings required to guarantee finding the fake coin and determining whether it is heavier or lighter than the genuine coin.
A) 2 weighings
B) 3 weighings
C) 4 weighings
D) 5 weighings
E) Impossible to find the fake coin