In other words you get to take 2 measurements or comparisons here.
9 gram marbles riddle.
1 you have 9 marbles as seen.
Nine of the bags contains only marbles weighting 10 grams each.
A rightmost 7 means it is the third bag with the 9 gram marbles.
3 you are allowed to use set the scale twice in total.
Given a scale how could you tell which jar had the contaminated pills in just one measurement.
1 weighs 1 1 ounce.
You must determine which of the 9 marbles is the heavier one using the balance only 2 times.
Scale tilts left means the heavy coin is in group 1 2 3 scale tilts right means the heavy coin is in group 4 5 6 scale balances means the heavy coin is in group 7 8 9.
Each pill weighs 10 grams except for contaminated pills contained in one jar where each pill weighs 9 grams.
We put 3 marbles on each pan for a total of 6 marbles on the pan and we leave 2 marbles off the pan.
Each bag has at least 10 marbles in it.
To find the contaminated jar follow this step wise approach.
8 of them weigh 1 ounce each.
You are given a set of scales and 12 marbles.
The 9 marbles are all uniform in size appearance and shape.
You don t know which is which.
Put 1 2 3 on the left side and 4 5 6 on the right side.
In any case on to the riddle.
That is a small dish hangs from each end of a rod that is balanced in the middle.
One of the 12 marbles is irregular but you don t know whether it s heavier or lighte.
There are three possible outcomes.
And if the marbles on the scale do not weigh the same then we know that one of the marbles on the scale is the heaviest and we can eliminate the marbles that are not on the scale.
Lets start as always by numbering them 1 to 9.
2 8 of them are exactly the same weight.
The remaining marble is slightly heavier than the others.
Nine marbles you have 9 marbles.
The single 9 shows up as the rightmost digit in the sum of all the weights.
One of the bags contains only marbles weighing nine grams each.
Find the 9 gram marbles there are ten bags containing marbles.
So let s do this.
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