A weighty problem...

~~skeeter~~

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20 Sep 03 21:18

mr tanker

Joined: 09 Jul 03
Moves: 11668

22 Sep 03 14:25

indeed sorry i misread the explanation🙄 now it all makes sense

Acolyte

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Loughborough

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Moves: 3790

23 Sep 03 15:04

You have 9 nine balls; 8 real and one imaginary. Do the nine-ball thing as normal; just make sure not to put the imaginary ball on the scales! 🙄

mr tanker

Joined: 09 Jul 03
Moves: 11668

23 Sep 03 15:16

hmmm, but i ask u y not put the imaginary ball on the scales for surely it would do nothing?😛

Acolyte

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Loughborough

Joined: 04 Jul 02
Moves: 3790

23 Sep 03 15:32

Originally posted by mr tanker
hmmm, but i ask u y not put the imaginary ball on the scales for surely it would do nothing?😛

Things might go wrong if you use it in place of a real one; after all, the imaginary ball would weigh considerably less than a real one!

mr tanker

Joined: 09 Jul 03
Moves: 11668

23 Sep 03 16:59

but then again isnt that a rach judgement considereing the weight of the balls is not specified and therefore it could be a helium balloon that as maths teachers say "is on the point of moving" and therefore a real ball and an imaginary ball would way the same😀 or am i just being difficult🙄

Decanter

Joined: 18 Sep 03
Moves: 17220

24 Sep 03 14:14

Weigh three balls per side. If it balances, weigh the other two. If it doesn't, weigh two out of the three from the heavier side.
Under 5 minutes. What do I win?

Decanter

Joined: 18 Sep 03
Moves: 17220

24 Sep 03 14:17

Oh wait, someone already solved it.
*sigh*
Guess I don't win anything.