Maths Puzzle: Coins

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Description: QED Gold: Originally uploaded 31st January 2011.

Take a random pile of coins. If I tell you how many coins are heads and how many coins are tails, can you separate the pile into two piles with the same number of heads in each. And can you do this with your eyes shut?
 
Created: 2012-02-20 01:44
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Dr J.R. Grime
Language: eng (English)
Distribution: World     (downloadable)
Keywords: maths; math; mathematics; problem; puzzle; coin; trick; challenge; scam;
Categories: iTunes - Mathematics
Explicit content: No
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