Marble Riddle Scale

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.

Marble riddle scale.

Next riddle probability other child is a boy. How do you determine which marble is the heaviest using only the scale and marbles in 2 weighings. You have 12 marbles. 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 don t know which is. This means that we only have to compare on those 2 remaining marbles and we have the heaviest marble in only two weighings. Yeah i probably shouldn t have even bothered with the picture. You are only able to use the scale 2 times.

2 8 of them are exactly the same weight. You have a balance that contains 2 trays. Lastly use the scale to weigh the 2 remaining marbles to determine the heavier marble. That is a small dish hangs from each end of a rod that is balanced in the middle.

1 you have 9 marbles as seen. Riddles hard riddles logic riddles previous riddle sliding coins. 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. There are 8 marbles that weigh 1 ounce each and 1 marble that weighs 1 1 ounces.

In any case on to the riddle. So let s do this. The remaining marble is slightly heavier than the others. The marbles are all uniform in size appearance and shape.

The scales are of the old balance variety. You are given a set of scales and 12 marbles. Use the scale to determine the group that contains the heavier marble.