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13 balls, of which one has different weight, 3 weighings

Source: North Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad 1999 p2

February 12, 2020
combinatorics

Problem Statement

We are given 1313 apparently equal balls, all but one having the same weight (the remaining one has a different weight). Is it posible to determine the ball with the different weight in 33 weighings?