BALANCE BEAM

Article View: fj.sci.math

Article #13581

#13581

From: Sunjay Mohan
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 00:00

12 lines
772 bytes

Hi,
I was wondering if anybody knows how to solve this problem:

You are to use only four weights of integer value in pounds to be able to weigh objects from one to
 forty pounds each on a balance beam scale. This means that one unknown weight 
and a combination of the four weights described above can be placed on either 
side of the scale.


Thanks ,
komono

Technical Details

Message-ID: <binsun.6.000B40EB@mindspring.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: f4956,45578fa5b6c4a1f3,start
X-Google-Attributes: gidf4956,public
From: binsun@mindspring.com (Sunjay Mohan)
Subject: BALANCE BEAM
Date: 1996/07/21
Message-ID: <binsun.6.000B40EB@mindspring.com>
X-Deja-AN: 169457089
organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc.
keywords: BALANCE BEAM
newsgroups: fj.sci.math
summary: BALANCE BEAM