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How will u divide 1000 one Rs. Coins in ten bag ?

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How will u divide 1000 one Rs. Coins in ten bag so that u can give any amount between 1-1000 by just giving the bags without changing the no of coins in each bag.

posted May 1, 2014 by Vishal

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By principle of mathematical induction any number can be written as a sum of distinct powers of 2. For proof :(http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~kmshannon/math300/distinctpowers.pdf)

Hence the bags should contain,
1st bag = 1 coin
bag2 = 2 coins
bag3 = 4 coins
bag4 = 8 coins
bag5 = 16 coins
bag6 = 32 coins
bag7 = 64 coins
bag8 = 128 coins
bag9 = 256 coins
bag10 = Remaining 489 coins

answer May 2, 2014 by Priyaa Trippayar Sahasranaman



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