(December 23, 2018 at 4:57 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote:(December 23, 2018 at 4:00 am)Javaman Wrote: Actually, you are guaranteed to get it in two steps if you start by weighing them 3x3.
If one of the sets of three is heavier, all you need to do is pick any two balls from the heavier trio and weigh them against each other. If the scale tips for one, you obviously have identified the heavier ball. If the scale remains perfectly balanced, then the ball you didn't weigh must be the heavier one.
So, two steps.
Well played sir.
Thank you, but I'll admit I probably wouldn't have figured it out if you hadn't suggested the 3x3 weighing.
Team effort, lol.
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