Creativity test

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 14:57

You know, at dinner they were technically eating meatloaf.

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 19-07-2005 14:57

I must confess, I've never had meatloaf. Although I did quite like his duet with Cher.

And you can't pick up all the bags to guess which is heaviest?

Aghannor · Post by **Aghannor** » 19-07-2005 14:59

Meaning you can only take one measurement. So it shows the measurement for a moment, then shuts off.

You should only need to make one measurement to figure out which bag has the 1.001g marbles.

@jooly, I don't know about you, but I can't pick up a bag and tell if there's a 0.1g difference in mass

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 19-07-2005 15:02

and all the bags and marbles look the same etc? And you don't have a handy plank to race marbles down?

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 19-07-2005 15:05

Ah, so you can take the empty bag, put all the other bags in a row and take one marble from the first, two from the second etc.

Then weigh the bag - the number after the decimal point will tell you which bag contains the heavier marbles.

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 15:05

Meatloaf did a duet with cher? Could you tell whose voice was whose?

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 19-07-2005 15:05

Real Dead Ringer For Love. Fantastic!

Aghannor · Post by **Aghannor** » 19-07-2005 15:09

@jooly: yup, you got it

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 19-07-2005 15:12

An easy one - take six matchsticks: I I I I I I I

Can you make four equilateral triangles with them, given that they may not intersect with each other and must be placed end to end?

Post by **Kisa** » 19-07-2005 15:13

A tetrahedron

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 19-07-2005 15:15

I was just about to edit in case someone suggested breaking them

Post by **Kisa** » 19-07-2005 15:20

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 15:20

dang you solved that one before I even read it

Post by **Kisa** » 19-07-2005 15:21

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 19-07-2005 15:22

It was an easy one - I don't know many logic problems.

So, Kisa?