Weight

Written on 11:25 pm by Vja Students

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?


Answer:
The minimum number is 5 and they should weigh 1, 3, 9, 27 and 81 kgs

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3 Comments

  1. Anonymous | 23 December 2007 at 11:47 pm

    Ans : Total no of weight is 7
    1,2,5,10,20,50,50

     
  2. Anonymous | 24 December 2007 at 1:29 am

    5 weights..
    1,3,9,27,81

    - Piyush

     
  3. saahith | 24 December 2007 at 4:44 pm

    powers of 3.......
    first five

     

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