How do you determine which marble is the heaviest using only the scale and marbles in 2 weighings.
Marble riddle scale.
That is a small dish hangs from each end of a rod that is balanced in the middle.
We put 3 marbles on each pan for a total of 6 marbles on the pan and we leave 2 marbles off the pan.
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Use the scale to determine the group that contains the heavier marble.
You are only able to use the scale 2 times.
The scales are of the old balance variety.
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The marbles are all uniform in size appearance and shape.
If when comparing the 6 marbles we find that both sides are equal then we know that the heaviest marble has to be in the 2 marbles that are not on the scale.
You can put things in the little buckets and the scale will tip to the heavier side.
There are 8 marbles that weigh 1 ounce each and 1 marble that weighs 1 1 ounces.
You have 12 marbles.
1 you have 9 marbles as seen.
The remaining marble is slightly heavier than the others.
2 8 of them are exactly the same weight.
You are given a set of scales and 12 marbles.
Yeah i probably shouldn t have even bothered with the picture.
You can perform up to a maximum of three weighings to find out which marble has the different weight and if it is heavier or lighter than the others.
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.
So let s do this.
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This means that we only have to compare on those 2 remaining marbles and we have the heaviest marble in only two weighings.
In any case on to the riddle.