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Weighing ten thousand pounds

Determine which of the weights pounds (each weight may be used at most once) must be placed on a balance scale to weigh exactly pounds.

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H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. VII. Scales of Notation, Examples VII.b, No. 31

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Checked against the answer in H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891).