Problem of the Week-7: Determine Weights

Suppose you are given two red balls, two blue balls, and two white balls, together with the information that one ball of each color has weight A and one ball of each color has weight B, with A not equal to B. Show how, using an equal-arm balance, you can learn all the weights of the balls in only two weighings.

Explain your answer in detail

Posted: 4/19/04

Submit your answers (by e-mail or hard copy) before 4 pm on 4/30/04 to Noah Aydin.

Mathematics Dept.