This is a logical riddle:
You have a factory producing 100 gold coins (100% gold) a day. There are 10 people whcih produce each 10 coins. Each coin weighs 10 grams.
One dishonest person is producing coins that weigh only 9.9 grams (the 0.1 gram is going in his pocket).
So how do you tell using a scale and using it only once who is stealing gold from the cfactory.
Please note that the scale will only give one reading.
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Jun 27, 2006 @ 14:33
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This is a logical riddle:
You have a factory producing 100 gold coins (100% gold) a day. There are 10 people whcih produce each 10 coins. Each coin weighs 10 grams.
One dishonest person is producing coins that weigh only 9.9 grams (the 0.1 gram is going in his pocket).
So how do you tell using a scale and using it only once who is stealing gold from the cfactory.
Please note that the scale will only give one reading.
SE1972Jun 27, 2006 @ 14:33
You have a factory producing 100 gold coins (100% gold) a day. There are 10 people whcih produce each 10 coins. Each coin weighs 10 grams.
One dishonest person is producing coins that weigh only 9.9 grams (the 0.1 gram is going in his pocket).
So how do you tell using a scale and using it only once who is stealing gold from the cfactory.
Please note that the scale will only give one reading.
SE1972Jun 27, 2006 @ 14:33
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Jun 27, 2006 @ 16:37
To empty their pockets on to the scale!
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To empty their pockets on to the scale!
DJ_Symcard, Jun 27, 2006 @ 16:37
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Jun 27, 2006 @ 17:16
There is a logical answer to this. It is not a trick question.
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There is a logical answer to this. It is not a trick question.
SE1972, Jun 27, 2006 @ 17:16
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Jun 27, 2006 @ 18:18
So do people need any hints
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Jun 27, 2006 @ 18:20
Give us a hint
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Jun 27, 2006 @ 18:25
The answer has to do with the amount of coins you put in the scale
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The answer has to do with the amount of coins you put in the scale
SE1972, Jun 27, 2006 @ 18:25
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Jun 27, 2006 @ 20:42
Is it - Ask each employee to bring the amount of coins they have produced in the last 10 days, the employee who is being dishonest will have 99 coins?
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Is it - Ask each employee to bring the amount of coins they have produced in the last 10 days, the employee who is being dishonest will have 99 coins?
DJ_Symcard, Jun 27, 2006 @ 20:42
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Jun 27, 2006 @ 20:46
No each still produces 10 coins a day - just that one produces coins that weigh 9.9 grams and not 10.
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No each still produces 10 coins a day - just that one produces coins that weigh 9.9 grams and not 10.
SE1972, Jun 27, 2006 @ 20:46
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Jun 27, 2006 @ 21:36
Blast
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Jun 28, 2006 @ 13:36
figure it out
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Jun 28, 2006 @ 14:43
can u give us the answer already...
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can u give us the answer already...
tweety, Jun 28, 2006 @ 14:43
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Jun 28, 2006 @ 16:42
for hours and just can't see it...
Are you going to put us out of our misery?
Are you going to put us out of our misery?
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for hours and just can't see it...
Are you going to put us out of our misery?
vivs, Jun 28, 2006 @ 16:42
Are you going to put us out of our misery?
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Jun 28, 2006 @ 18:45
put each person's output into a separate bag and number them 1 to 10.
Then take 1 coin from bag 1, 2 from bag 2 and so on until the 10 from bag 10. Weigh this amount it should total 550grams if all the coins weigh 10 grams , but the difference you find will indicate which bag contains the low weight. If the difference is .1grams it's from bag 1 if .2 from bag 2 and so on.
Then take 1 coin from bag 1, 2 from bag 2 and so on until the 10 from bag 10. Weigh this amount it should total 550grams if all the coins weigh 10 grams , but the difference you find will indicate which bag contains the low weight. If the difference is .1grams it's from bag 1 if .2 from bag 2 and so on.
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put each person's output into a separate bag and number them 1 to 10.
Then take 1 coin from bag 1, 2 from bag 2 and so on until the 10 from bag 10. Weigh this amount it should total 550grams if all the coins weigh 10 grams , but the difference you find will indicate which bag contains the low weight. If the difference is .1grams it's from bag 1 if .2 from bag 2 and so on.
britabroad, Jun 28, 2006 @ 18:45
Then take 1 coin from bag 1, 2 from bag 2 and so on until the 10 from bag 10. Weigh this amount it should total 550grams if all the coins weigh 10 grams , but the difference you find will indicate which bag contains the low weight. If the difference is .1grams it's from bag 1 if .2 from bag 2 and so on.
britabroad, Jun 28, 2006 @ 18:45
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Jun 28, 2006 @ 20:55
Bravo
