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« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2010, 09:39:22 PM » |
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what if I solve it in like, 8 seconds? not exactly difficult
it took me about 12 seconds. am i thick? i must be more thickerer took me 15 seconds edit....then i re read the question  |
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« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2010, 09:54:49 PM » |
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ok think i got it.....u put 2 piles of 4 on the scales...and leave 4 to the side....if they weigh the same, u know the snidey bar is in the pile on the side....
oooohhh fk thats not it either
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« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2010, 09:55:08 PM » |
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I gave up after 5 minutes.
If you know the fake is lighter, then it's simple enough. But as it can be lighter or heavier I'm struggling to see how it can be done.
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« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2010, 09:56:34 PM » |
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ok think i got it.....u put 2 piles of 4 on the scales...and leave 4 to the side....if they weigh the same, u know the snidey bar is in the pile on the side....
oooohhh fk thats not it either
No that is it..keep going |
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« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2010, 10:25:44 PM » |
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ok think i got it.....u put 2 piles of 4 on the scales...and leave 4 to the side....if they weigh the same, u know the snidey bar is in the pile on the side....
oooohhh fk thats not it either
No that is it..keep going OK, one side is heavier. Now what? You know the fake is amongst the 8. |
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« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2010, 10:45:20 PM » |
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ok think i got it.....u put 2 piles of 4 on the scales...and leave 4 to the side....if they weigh the same, u know the snidey bar is in the pile on the side....
oooohhh fk thats not it either
No that is it..keep going that's how i was doing it, but unless the first two piles are balanced I can't do it in 3 moves. |
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« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2010, 10:46:58 PM » |
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OK, one side is heavier. Now what? You know the fake is amongst the 8.
take 2 from the lighter side and one from the heavier side. weigh against 3 coins, 1 from each of your original sets of 4 |
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« Reply #22 on: September 24, 2010, 10:48:43 PM » |
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OK, one side is heavier. Now what? You know the fake is amongst the 8.
take 2 from the lighter side and one from the heavier side. weigh against 3 coins, 1 from each of your original sets of 4 bars will deffo weigh more than coins tho |
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« Reply #23 on: September 24, 2010, 11:05:45 PM » |
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OK, one side is heavier. Now what? You know the fake is amongst the 8.
take 2 from the lighter side and one from the heavier side. weigh against 3 coins, 1 from each of your original sets of 4 The OP's puzzle was using bars not the coins used in the answer you googled. To be fair I only got this so quickly cause I've heard it before too. |
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« Reply #24 on: September 24, 2010, 11:20:22 PM » |
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that`s very true. I knew how to do it because we did all sorts of these things at school and they stick in my head (so I didn`t really solve it in 8 seconds, that`s just how long it took to remember). I did look online to see how to explain it better though and they use coins in the only decent explanation although reading through that just confused me
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« Reply #25 on: September 24, 2010, 11:25:42 PM » |
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« Reply #26 on: September 24, 2010, 11:31:11 PM » |
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lolz. would be if I`d actually given an answer. glad I didn`t |
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« Reply #27 on: September 24, 2010, 11:45:05 PM » |
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ok i finally got it, but it took me well over an hour......i won't spoil it, but i will give a clue that it is spliting them into 3 groups of 4
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kinboshi
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« Reply #28 on: September 24, 2010, 11:45:14 PM » |
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Read through the solutions. Very clever.
[ ] would have solved it in an hour
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« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2010, 01:33:33 AM » |
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what if I solve it in like, 8 seconds? not exactly difficult
Go on then smart arse. What's the answer? solve this in 15 mins.......ure a genius
30 mins.......u can still sell your eggs or seed for loads of dosh
60 mins.......u cheated got frustrated and used google asked gatso
Didn't get frustrated at all mate. I looked at it for about 30 seconds and knew it was really difficult so thought I'd go for ridiculing liars who claimed they solved it in 8 - 15 seconds instead. This inflated my ego enough to let me get over the fact that I'll never know the answer and don't really care. Actually cancel that second bit. Anybody got a link to the answer? |
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