Captain Flint asked four of his pirates to write on a piece of paper how many gold, silver and bronze coins were in the treasure chest. Their responses are shown in the diagram, but unfortunately part of the paper was damaged. Only one of the four pirates told the truth. The other three lied in all their answers. The total number of coins was 30. Who told the truth?
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Tom
Al
Pit
Jim
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