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27 Weights (Posted on 2003-05-31)

Suppose you have 27 weights weighing: 1І, 2І, 3І, 4І, ........, 25І, 26І and 27І grams respectively.

(a)How can you group them into three groups so that each group has the same weight ?

(b) Is it possible to divide it into more than three groups satisfying the same conditions ?

See The Solution Submitted by Ravi Raja

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Comment 15 of 15 |

Pile1; 1ВІ,5ВІ,9ВІ,12ВІ13ВІ,17ВІ,20ВІ,24ВІ,25ВІ

Pile2: 2ВІ,6ВІ,7ВІ,10ВІ,14ВІ,18ВІ,21ВІ,22ВІ,26ВІ

Pile 3: 3ВІ, 4ВІ, 8ВІ, 11ВІ, 15ВІ, 16ВІ, 19ВІ, 23ВІ, 27ВІ

Posted by K Sengupta on 2024-03-22 00:39:14

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