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Alien tug of war
Three tied tug-of-war matches are shown between various sorts of aliens, all of which have different weights. Marcus du Sautoy asks panellists to work out which combination of aliens will also make the last match a tie as well. The relative weights or denominations of the aliens must be worked out to solve the problem.
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