We are given $13$ apparently equal balls, all but one having the same weight (the remaining one has a different weight). Is it posible to determine the ball with the different weight in $3$ weighings?
Source: North Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad 1999 p2
Tags: combinatorics
We are given $13$ apparently equal balls, all but one having the same weight (the remaining one has a different weight). Is it posible to determine the ball with the different weight in $3$ weighings?