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First of 5 weights (Posted on 2003-04-14) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Before creating the 5 weights, The ancients had to create a 1 gram weight to measure out all their other weights.

So the ancients had a bunch of super fine sand which was made entirely of the same material, and every grain was its most basic material. They had 121 grams of this sand. They also had a tube which could hold exactly 121 grams of sand, no more, no less.

How do the ancients weigh out 1 gram of sand?

See The Solution Submitted by Alan    
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re: my solution | Comment 8 of 11 |
(In reply to my solution by Cory Taylor)

The problem I see with this is we are already given 121 "grams" to measure by (the tube), so unless the decided measurement = this one, we are stuck. Is this right?
  Posted by Gamer on 2003-04-14 13:35:01

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