http://mathforum.org/kb List of forum topics en http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7965899&tstart=0#7965899 Jan 4, 2013 12:07:27 PM Jan 4, 2013 12:07:27 PM raycretired 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=101991&tstart=0#101991 The original and exceedingly more difficult problem is similar to that stated below; however, one ball is slightly different weight than the]]> Oct 27, 2003 7:57:11 PM Oct 27, 2003 7:57:11 PM wpbridges@bellsouth.net 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=164966&tstart=0#164966
rvanderbrink@infoave.net (bob vanderbrink) writes:

> Unless I am missing something, this seems really simple.]]> Mar 3, 1999 9:10:27 AM Mar 3, 1999 9:10:27 AM dak@fsnif.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=101995&tstart=0#101995
Unless I am missing something, this seems really simple. First weigh:
separate the 12 balls into 2 groups of 6. Weigh the 2 groups.]]> Mar 3, 1999 7:57:29 AM Mar 3, 1999 7:57:29 AM rvanderbrink@infoave.net 1 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=101999&tstart=0#101999
Hey -- the different ball is EITHER heavier OR lighter, you cannot
assume which!




]]> Nov 10, 1998 11:16:11 PM Nov 10, 1998 11:16:11 PM m_james_w@yahoo.com 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=101998&tstart=0#101998
Mr. Jonathan Pearce,
Please don't think me impolite for answering your question about

the 12 billiard ball problem.
]]> Jan 7, 1998 7:02:38 AM Jan 7, 1998 7:02:38 AM rosaguiatp@manila-onine.net 1 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=101997&tstart=0#101997

In a previous article, dak@mailhost.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (David Kastrup) says:

why so simple -- why not have 12]]> Nov 20, 1997 5:38:22 PM Nov 20, 1997 5:38:22 PM ba137@lafn.org 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=101996&tstart=0#101996
Jonathan Pearce wrote:

> (Twelve apparently identical billiard balls, one of which is slightly
>]]> Nov 20, 1997 5:34:34 PM Nov 20, 1997 5:34:34 PM jeffe@cs.duke.edu 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=101989&tstart=0#101989
jhnieto@luz.ve wrote:
> If you want to know if the odd ball is heavier or lighter in all
> cases, fix the]]> Nov 19, 1997 12:08:05 PM Nov 19, 1997 12:08:05 PM sammy@chez.com 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=101994&tstart=0#101994
In article <m2wwi58as5.fsf@mailhost.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>,
David Kastrup]]> Nov 19, 1997 11:33:35 AM Nov 19, 1997 11:33:35 AM jhnieto@luz.ve 0