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you are given three piles of 10 pesos coins. one pile is made up of counterfeit coins heavier than the genuine ones. explain how can pick out the pile of counterfeit coins in one step procedure using an equal arm balance
The question isn't completely clear - is it referring to British pennies, or US cents which are called pennies in general conversation? Does "20000000 worth" mean 20,000,000 coins or coins worth $20,000,000.00 / £20,000,000.00? In any case the arithmetic works the same way. You just have to plug in the different weights of British and American pennies. Assuming you're referring to a pile of US cents worth $20,000,000.00, there are 100 cents in $1 so 20 million dollars of cents would need 100 x 20 million coins, i.e. 2 billion. US cents made since 1982 weigh 2.5 gm, so 2 billion cents would weigh 2.5 x 2 billion gm, or 5 billion gm. There are 1000 gm in a kilogram so dividing 5 billion by 1000 converts that to 5 million kilos. Similarly there are 1000 kilos in a tonne so 5 million kg = 5,000 tonnes.