27 Aug 2022 3:33 am
It's not my failure, it's yours.... you need to prove me wrong...RunningWithScissors » 27 Aug 2022, 2:40 am » wrote: ↑ But i never should have given hints in the 1st place, so don't blame your failure on me. :-)
But since I don't have anything better to do... well, I have better things to do but I decided the window cleaning can wait... lol...
Regardless of the first 4x4 weighing, you have 4 in a control group. You have to use that. But not all of them, just 3 and move the others around.
If the first 4x4 doesn't balance that leaves you with 8 marbles with one in it that's either heavier or lighter... you can move 3 marbles around but there is no way a 3x3 weighing will leave you with 1x1 that will also tell you if the odd marble is lighter or heavier... 8-6 = 2.. so you could be left with two marbles, one of which is lighter or heavier..Move around 3 marbles on ur 2nd turn. Based on your control group. That will give you the final answer on the 3rd try, with 1x1 marbles.
As I said, I wouldn't mind being proven wrong but I doesn't look like that's going to happen...
In memory of Pumpkins
