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Conundrum 29 Medicine Mix Up | Page 1 ABC Science Online 2010

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Medicine Mix Up

Your doctor prescribes a course of very expensive medicine. You must takeone full tablet of medicine A and half a tablet of medicine B together every

night.

After dispensing one of each, you accidentally mix the tablets up before

snapping the B tablet in half. The trouble is, both tablets look identical so

now you cannot tell them apart.

How can you continue taking your medicine without wasting a single tablet?

Solution

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