Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 08:05:51
From: Sorrel Jakins
Dear Mr. Bogomolny,
I have tried for a year to figure out the following:
You have 12 balls, one of them differs in mass from all the rest. You have a comparative scale, which will self-destruct after 3 uses. How can you tell which ball is different?
Can you help?
Sorrel Jakins
Computer Nerd
sorrel@byu.edu
71493592