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Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts
from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg. What are the
minimum number of different weights required and how heavy
should they be?
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Answer / guest
The minimum number is 5 and they should weigh 1, 3, 9, 27
and 81 kgs
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Answer / ankit jain
if weighing scale can have weights on one side only then
its 1,2,4,8,16,32,64 i.e. 7 weights...but if weights can be
put on both sides then its 1,3,9,27,81 i.e. 5
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Answer / the gr8 sam
Answer should be -
1,2,4,8,16,32,64
so the total number is 7 weights.
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Answer / ram
It should be , all prime noumbers existing from 1 to 121
required to do this job
or only 1Kg of different(121) pieces suffice to this work
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