A Question of Logic

Papa Shango

Alright. Heres a little logic question.. need to get your thinking caps on. There are no trick answers or shit like that.. Post your answers..

You are in a room with a set of weighing scales, not those Justice scales.. i mean the kitchen scales with a dial on the front. also you have 3 sacks of Gold. Two sacks contain nuggets of fool's gold, and one sack contains nuggets of real gold.

each nugget of fools gold weigh 1 Pound each... each Nugget of real gold weighs 1 Pound and 1 Ounce.

Using only ONE weigh of the scales... and using any combination of nuggets.. how can you guarantee that you name which bag has the real gold in it

Mr. Hyde

You examine each piece of nugget

Dr. Giganto

Sports Moderator

from the first sack, you place 1 nugget on the scale, then two from the second sack, then three from the third sack. So, there are six nuggets in total. If sack 1 has the real gold, the scale will read 6 pounds 1 ounce (5 fool's gold at one pound each plus one real nugget at 1 pound 1 ounce). If sack 2 has the real gold, the scale will read 6 pounds 2 ounces (4 fools gold nuggets plus 2 real nuggets). If sack 3 has the real gold, the scale will read 6 pounds 3 ounces (3 fools gold, 3 real). Thus, you will know which sack has the real gold

skinartia

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Nova

[quote:post_uid0="Mister D"]from the first sack, you place 1 nugget on the scale, then two from the second sack, then three from the third sack. So, there are six nuggets in total. If sack 1 has the real gold, the scale will read 6 pounds 1 ounce (5 fool's gold at one pound each plus one real nugget at 1 pound 1 ounce). If sack 2 has the real gold, the scale will read 6 pounds 2 ounces (4 fools gold nuggets plus 2 real nuggets). If sack 3 has the real gold, the scale will read 6 pounds 3 ounces (3 fools gold, 3 real). Thus, you will know which sack has the real gold[/quote:post_uid0]
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