How do you find the heavier candy

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There's 16 wrapped candies that are exactly the same, except one of them is 3 times heavier than the rest. Weighing only THREE times, how do you find the heavier candy?

Eg. If you split into 8s and find the heavier group of 8s that counts as 1 weighing.

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