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	AGAIN A BRAIN TEASER THERE IS A STONE OF 40 Kg. IT HAS TO BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS(INTEGER TYPE) SO THAT ONE CAN WEIGH 1Kg, 2Kg, 3Kg, 4Kg,.............UPTO 40Kg BY ARRANGEING THE FOUR PARTS OF STONE AT A SINGLE TIME i.e U CAN NOT WEIGH ONE MATERIAL TWICE OR THRICE OR MORE USING A BALANCE.
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CpjJwWHV 1kg,3kg,9kg,27kg
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV for dat there is hit n trial or any method.. to calculate
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV You can program
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV 12,13,15
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV @rohit wrong
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV @preeti it can be calculated well not as u thing
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV @sandeep that's right
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV i dint get how
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV its 1, 3, 9 n 27 ........
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV @momita 2=3-1,4=1+3,5=9-(3+1),6=9-3,7=9+1-3,8=9-1... ...................24=27-3................... did u understand? its basic principle i.e how we can make efficent program using it. basically it is not weighing probs rather how 40 can be broken using +&- ok.
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV oh kk bt how did u proceed?? i mean how did u make out the ans??
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV @moumita..In this type of questions in most cases the answer will fall in either 2^n(where n=0,1,2,3.....) or 3^n(n=1,2,3....) form
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV @moumita by writing program
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV thanx alok
14 years ago

CpjJwWHV @sanjeev kumar ur questions r really good...plz go ahead
14 years ago