http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143396-Balls-And-Weight en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:10:37 GMT Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:10:37 GMT The latest comments added to the Post, Balls and Weight... http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143396-Balls-And-Weight http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/143396-Balls-And-Weight?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:Balls and Weight...:Comments#comment143406 <p>Note that the same procedure works with nine balls. More generally, with w weighings, one can find a single heavy ball in a group of 3^w balls, ignoring practical considerations like &nbsp;the precision of the scale. One might ask why wasn't the puzzle posed with 9 balls. &nbsp;Probably because 9's factorization makes it easier to guess the solution.</p> The latest comments added to the Post, Balls and Weight... 143406 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:45:31 Z Joe Riel Joe Riel