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Scales question. What is the answer?
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RE: Scales question. What is the answer?
December 1, 2018 at 12:21 am
(December 1, 2018 at 12:16 am)Cherub786 Wrote:
(December 1, 2018 at 12:13 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Let's see who gets it first. Please no cheating. Smile

You have 8 balls that look identical, but one in the group is slightly heavier than the others.  You also have a single balance scale to find the heavier ball.  What is the least amount of times you would have to use the scale to consistently identify the heavier ball?  What method would you use to find that ball each time?

First one to get it wins a stuffed rainbow unicorn.

Is the weight of the other 7 balls identical?

If so, you would potentially only have to use the scale 1 time to identify the heavier ball

Yes, 7 identical and 1 heavier but looks the same.
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Scales question. What is the answer?

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Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 1, 2018 at 12:13 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Cherub786 - December 1, 2018 at 12:16 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 1, 2018 at 12:21 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Cherub786 - December 1, 2018 at 12:24 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 1, 2018 at 12:27 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by SteelCurtain - December 1, 2018 at 12:18 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by ignoramus - December 1, 2018 at 12:29 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Cherub786 - December 1, 2018 at 12:35 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 1, 2018 at 12:36 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by SteelCurtain - December 1, 2018 at 12:36 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Cherub786 - December 1, 2018 at 12:40 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 1, 2018 at 12:52 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Cherub786 - December 1, 2018 at 12:53 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 1, 2018 at 1:19 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by brewer - December 1, 2018 at 8:36 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 1, 2018 at 9:33 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Pat Mustard - December 1, 2018 at 12:12 pm
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 1, 2018 at 2:54 pm
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Cherub786 - December 1, 2018 at 2:58 pm
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 1, 2018 at 3:08 pm
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Javaman - December 23, 2018 at 4:00 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 23, 2018 at 4:57 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Javaman - December 23, 2018 at 5:02 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 23, 2018 at 5:13 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by Fireball - December 23, 2018 at 10:17 am
RE: Scales question. What is the answer? - by T0 Th3 M4X - December 23, 2018 at 1:43 pm

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