IQ Question Thread

[Comrade]

Bonus question:

Using a balancing weight scale with 2 pans of eqaul weight on each side, what is the minimum number of weights (each being in 1 pound increments, so you could have 2 one pound weights, 1 three pound weight, etc.) you would need to bring into balance individual objects (not more than 1 of these objects is in your possession at any given time) that weigh anywhere from 1 to 12 pounds, in 1 pound increments? Which weights would you need (i.e. how many 1 pound weights, 2 pound weights, etc.)?

 

[no1tovote4]

I was going to also say milk jugs, hehe...

There is a scale with two weights on it:

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The weight on the left is 10 pounds, the weight on the right is 5 pounds.

You also have a 4 pound weight. You place this on scale and it balances. Redraw the above with your 4 pound weight included.

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????????????????????????????????

 

[freeandfun1]

Bonus question:

Using a balancing weight scale with 2 pans of eqaul weight on each side, what is the minimum number of weights (each being in 1 pound increments, so you could have 2 one pound weights, 1 three pound weight, etc.) you would need to bring into balance individual objects (not more than 1 of these objects is in your possession at any given time) that weigh anywhere from 1 to 12 pounds, in 1 pound increments? Which weights would you need (i.e. how many 1 pound weights, 2 pound weights, etc.)?

Hell, I am too stupid to even understand the question, much less answer it!

 

[Comrade]

~~~~~~~X~~~~X~~~~~4~~
^^^^^^^^^^V^^^^^^^^^^

????????????????????????????????

Nope. Theres a multiplicative relationship between weight and distance from the lever for determining the answer.

 

[Comrade]

Hell, I am too stupid to even understand the question, much less answer it!

Well basically you have a block of wood, and you don't know how much it weighs, only that it's somewhere between 1-12 pounds. You want to use the LEAST number of weights to balance this block on a scale, without knowing first how much it weighed. You could obviously use 12 weights, a 1, 2, 3, 4 ... pounder, and you'd be sure to balance it. But you want to use the least number of weights.

For example, with a one and three pound wieght, you could balance the block if it weighed 1, 2, 3, or four pounds. You'd balance a two pound block by putting the 1 pounder with it, and the 3 pounder on the opposite side.

Does that make more sense?

 

[Said1]

Well basically you have a block of wood, and you don't know how much it weighs, only that it's somewhere between 1-12 pounds. You want to use the LEAST number of weights to balance this block on a scale, without knowing first how much it weighed. You could obviously use 12 weights, a 1, 2, 3, 4 ... pounder, and you'd be sure to balance it. But you want to use the least number of weights.

For example, with a one and three pound wieght, you could balance the block if it weighed 1, 2, 3, or four pounds. You'd balance a two pound block by putting the 1 pounder with it, and the 3 pounder on the opposite side.

Does that make more sense?

No.

 

[Comrade]

Go eat your freekin pizza.

 

[Said1]

Go eat your freekin pizza.

I did, that was Monday. Pay attention!

 

[MissileMan]

I was going to also say milk jugs, hehe...

There is a scale with two weights on it:

~~~~~~~X~~~~X~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^V^^^^^^^^^^

The weight on the left is 10 pounds, the weight on the right is 5 pounds.

You also have a 4 pound weight. You place this on scale and it balances. Redraw the above with your 4 pound weight included.

Could it be

~~~~~~~X~~~~X~~4~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^V^^^^^^^^^^

Based on the left side having 10X3 or 30 and the right side having (5X2) + (4X5) which also equals 30

 

[MissileMan]

Well basically you have a block of wood, and you don't know how much it weighs, only that it's somewhere between 1-12 pounds. You want to use the LEAST number of weights to balance this block on a scale, without knowing first how much it weighed. You could obviously use 12 weights, a 1, 2, 3, 4 ... pounder, and you'd be sure to balance it. But you want to use the least number of weights.

For example, with a one and three pound wieght, you could balance the block if it weighed 1, 2, 3, or four pounds. You'd balance a two pound block by putting the 1 pounder with it, and the 3 pounder on the opposite side.

Does that make more sense?

4 weights, 1,3 5,and 7

 

[Comrade]

Could it be

~~~~~~~X~~~~X~~4~~~~~
^^^^^^^^^^V^^^^^^^^^^

Based on the left side having 10X3 or 30 and the right side having (5X2) + (4X5) which also equals 30

We have a winner!

 

[Comrade]

4 weights, 1,3 5,and 7

Close... you can do it with three weights. There are a few three weight solutions, and one of them is 1, 3, and 8.

Your question, MissileMan.

 

[MissileMan]

Close... you can do it with three weights. There are a few three weight solutions, and one of them is 1, 3, and 8.

Your question, MissileMan.

Pass, someone else jump in with one!

 

[Comrade]

Name the fruit which is used on more sandwiches in the world than any other.

 

[MissileMan]

Name the fruit which is used on more sandwiches in the world than any other.

Tomatoe?

 

[Annie]

Tomatoe?

That is correct. Comrade answered that in the History Quiz thread. Your question...

 

[Said1]

Try this one in Missleman's absence.

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.

 

[MissileMan]

Try this one in Missleman's absence.

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.

Too "E"z !

 

[no1tovote4]

Too "E"z !

Just answer it already....

That was interesting.

 

[Said1]

Too "E"z !

Oui. Toi turn.