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    Quote Originally Posted by TBlaar View Post
    It has to be something like this:
    - number the bags left to right
    - take from each bag, the amount of items that the bag is numbered with
    - weigh all the items you removed (ie, it will be less than the total amount added up, as one is lighter)
    - subtract that from the total weight of all bags
    - the answer will be a number, indicating which numbered bag contained the fewer items

    It's the only weigh () I see this to be doable?!?
    You are are mostly correct. There is just one small difference, You should only take from 9 bags, but the method of numbering and then removing that amount from each bag is absolutely right. Congrats, you're up

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    That is some scary cool maths, impractical in the real world but very clever.
    I still can't see someone ripping open bags so he can only use the scale once as opposed to just using the scale though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ike_009 View Post
    That is some scary cool maths, impractical in the real world but very clever.
    I still can't see someone ripping open bags so he can only use the scale once as opposed to just using the scale though.
    Riddles that make sense? Nah.

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    Yay! It's similar to another riddle I have heard before... I think you don't take from the last bag? I kind of remembered the method, but didn't do the math to test if I was correct

    Meh, something like that

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    I tested the math, it works
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ike_009 View Post
    I tested the math, it works
    Yeah, I won't give you guys a riddle that I haven't tested first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TBlaar View Post
    Yay! It's similar to another riddle I have heard before... I think you don't take from the last bag? I kind of remembered the method, but didn't do the math to test if I was correct

    Meh, something like that

    Yup, totally correct. Congrats! It was harder than I initially thought.

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    SO what happened here who was correct etc and who is holding up the works!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roomys_ZA View Post
    SO what happened here who was correct etc and who is holding up the works!
    You are the winner! You get to go next.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eugene View Post
    You are the winner! You get to go next.
    bwahahaha.

    Eugene walks into a bar and before the barman can finish his sentence of " Hey have you heard about Osc " Eugene blows his head off. Why did he do this?
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