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What is the smallest number of weighings on a balance scale needed to identify the individual weights of a set of objects known to weigh 1, 3, 3^2, . . . , 3^26 in some order?
(The balance scale reports the weight of the objects in the left pan minus the weight of the objects in the right pan.)
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