You Have 8 Marbles One Is Heavier

One of them is heavier than the rest of the 7 all the others weigh exactly the same.

You have 8 marbles one is heavier.

You have 8 marbles. Red and blue marbles puzzle you have given 50 red marbles 50 blue marbles and two empty jars. See more see less 8. You are given 8 identical looking balls.

If equal then the one you set aside is the heavy one. Suppose you have 8 marbles and a two pan balance used to compare the weight of 2 things. Explain how you can deter mine the heavier marble by using a balance scale exactly a. You have 9 marbles one of which is heavier and a set of scales what is the minimum number of times you must use the scales to find the heavier one.

From the heavier three put one aside and place one marble on each tray. You are unable to determine which is the heavier marble by looking at them. Then in the second weighing we can compare 2 of those 3 marbles to each other. If one side is heavier than the other then we only have 3 marbles left.

This 9 balls puzzle problem is very similar to 8 balls weight puzzle where 8 identical looking balls are given and one of the balls is heavier than rest of the 7 balls. First we weigh 1 2 3 on the left and. You have eight marbles. You have to put all the 100 marbles into the jars.

If one side is heavier you found the one. If they are the same weight then the 3rd is the heaviest. 7 marbles weigh 1 ounce each one marble weighs 1 5 ounces. If one is heavier than the other then we ve succeeded in just two weighings.

All of the marbles weigh the same except for one which is heavier than all of the others. If when comparing the 6 marbles we find that both. Since we now have 3 marbles 1 of which is the heavy one put 1 in each side 1 left 1 right 1 unused set the scale again. How would you find the heaviest marble if you are only allowed to weigh the marbles 2 times.

No matter which case happens you weighed marbles only twice and found the heavy one. For convenience sake let s name the balls 1 8. Flag as inappropriate flag as inappropriate. Keep the heavy group of 3 marbles and discard the rest.

Find the heavier ball. You a provided with a simple mechanical balance and you are restricted to only 2 uses. You have a weighing scale that consists of 2 pans but the scale is only good for 2 total weighings.