12 men sea-saw riddle
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Ask them who's the heaviest and who's the lightest!
Why is there a seesaw on an island?
Aug 17, 2015
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#4
you cannot ask them, they don't know, and the seesaw is part of the riddle.
Aug 17, 2015
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#6
You only need two uses of the see-saw.
1: place six men on each side of the see-saw. It will not be balanced.
2: Take the six men who were on the lower end, divide them into two groups of three, and place them on the see-saw. If the see-saw balances, the 12th man was lighter. If the see-saw does not balance, the 12th man was heavier.
Wait are you trying to find out which man is heavier or lighter or are you trying to find out whether he is heavier or lighter?
Aug 18, 2015
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#8
I thought I was trying to find out whether the man was lighter or heavier. I may have misunderstood, which would explain why it was so easy...
Idk I am really confused....
Aug 18, 2015
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#10
here is the puzzle explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-TGLxQfBM (the prize is not included.)lol
Aug 18, 2015
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#11
That still doesn't help me Bobby. Do I need to figure out *whether* the man is lighter or heavier (which I already did), or *who* is lighter or heavier?
Aug 18, 2015
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#12
ijgeoffrey skrev:
That still doesn't help me Bobby. Do I need to figure out *whether* the man is lighter or heavier (which I already did), or *who* is lighter or heavier?
it is the tricky part not knowing if the person is either heavier or lighter.
Aug 18, 2015
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#13
Ok. I can find who the 12th man is, *and* whether he is heavier or lighter, in only two uses of the see-saw.
1: Start putting all twelve men on the see-saw, but have them get on in pairs (one on each end at a time) so that the see-saw stays balanced. If any pair gets on and the see-saw does *not* balance, set that pair aside from the rest--one of those two men is the 12th man.
2: Place the man from your pair who was on the lower end of the see-saw back on it, and balance him against any of the other 10 men. If these two balance, then the other man you set aside in step 1 was the 12th man, and he was lighter. If the men in step 2 do not balance, the man you placed on the see-saw is the 12th man, and he is heavier.
Aug 18, 2015
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#14
that was actually the solution I wanted to use my self but it isn't right.
In which hemisphere is the island? Is it tropical or just like a rock in the ocean? Do you have access to a shark ,a plasma cutter and a mirror?
Aug 18, 2015
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#16
click here if you want to see the solution. it is quite awesome.
scroll down to all mapped out
https://realviacauchy.wordpress.com/category/solutions/
12 is easy!
Try 13.
Aug 18, 2015
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PremiumDuck skrev:
In which hemisphere is the island? Is it tropical or just like a rock in the ocean? Do you have access to a shark ,a plasma cutter and a mirror?
who needs a shark?
let's say it is tropical. no it is 12 men so they have no mirror.
noone of them has a plastmacutter in their Every-day Carry (EDC) survival kit
What is considered a use?
There are 12 men on an island. 11 weigh exactly the same amount, but 1 of them is slightly lighter or heavier. You must figure out which… The island has no scales, but there is a see-saw. The exciting catch? You can only use it three times.”
can you find the solution without looking on the internet?