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Wrenches (Posted on 2004-07-02) Difficulty: 2 of 5
There are 4 wrenches just unpacked from a box. They all look the same. There might be one defective item which is either heavier or lighter. Fortunately there is a fifth one that is standard. If you can use a scale to weigh only 2 times, can you find out:
  1. Is there a defective wrench?

  2. If there is a defective item, is it heavier or lighter?

See The Solution Submitted by Brian Smith    
Rating: 3.0000 (7 votes)

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re(2): Balanced solution | Comment 5 of 13 |
(In reply to re: Balanced solution by Arunava Dutta)

Yep. Looks like you sent yours while I was typing mine.
  Posted by fwaff on 2004-07-02 10:33:39

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