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Twelve coins, unknown weight

Eleven coins are genuine and weigh the same. The twelfth has a different weight, but you do not know whether it is heavier or lighter. Identify the coin and its weight direction in at most three weighings. A correct guess counts as proved only if the weighings exclude every other possibility.

The reference

The classical twelve-coin problem published by NRICH. NRICH · Find the Fake ↗

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