Does anyone know the answer to this?

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:18 am

Oh, you got me good there, Grey Fil! Where do I sign up to sharpen my wit to your Ginsu level?

OTB

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:41 am

SHADDAP, NERD!

*breaks OTB's glasses*

Grey Fil · Post by **Grey Fil** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 1:21 pm

Where do I sign up to sharpen my wit to your Ginsu level?

Dont talk dirty to me, I may like it...

Since this is the smarties thread here goes one for the brainiacs.

10 bags. Each bag has 10 pieces. All pieces are exactly the same and weight 10 units except for the pieces in one bag who weight 9. You have one electronic scale with a batterie that allows only one weighting and then it shuts off. How to find the bag with the lighter pieces?

Note: Confine yourself to the parameters. Reserve batteries, by hand estimates and other smartass tricks are not to be taken into account.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:22 pm

pour all the pieces out, weigh them. The answer should be 109, so throw away the small bit

it's called DOEP ARTHIAMTIC SUNG that we normals do it

Grey Fil · Post by **Grey Fil** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:55 pm

No. 10 bags each one with 10 pieces.

Doyle · Post by **Doyle** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:11 am

You could put the bags on the scale one at a time. Since you aren't taking any bags off, it's one weighing spread out over a longer time.

PerroViejo · Post by **PerroViejo** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:06 am

The difference between a nerd and a geek is the former's inability to translate his mental accumen into interpersonal communication... and the later in using his for social titillation.

Not being a mathematician by any length of the imagination, I can only marvel at the amount of debate and discussion generated by ATOGA's very uninflamatory query.

Therefore my only contribution to this subject would be not only inconcequential, but also completly off the subject.

Atoga is a Geek, not a Nerd

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