Given a measurement scale, how would you find the heavy bottle? You can use the scale only once. Step 1: arrange the bottles on the shelf and now take, 1 pill from the first bottle, 2 pills from the second bottle, 3 pills from the third bottle, and so on. Step 2: Ideally, you would have (10)* (11)/2=55 pills weighing 55 grams.
How many identical pills are in a bottle?
Puzzle: Given 10 identical bottles of identical pills (each bottle contains 100 pills). Out of 10 bottles 9 have 1 gram of pills but 1 bottle has pills of the weight of 1.1 gram. Given a measurement scale, how would you find the heavy bottle?
How many pills are in a 1 gram bottle?
Out of 10 bottles 9 have 1 gram of pills but 1 bottle has pills of the weight of 1.1 gram. Given a measurement scale, how would you find the heavy bottle? You can use the scale only once. Step 1: arrange the bottles on the shelf and now take, 1 pill from the first bottle, 2 pills from the second bottle, 3 pills from the third bottle, and so on.
How many pills can you take on a scale?
You can use the scale only once. Answer: First, arrange the bottles on shelf and now take, 1 pill from the first bottle, 2 pills from the second bottle, 3 pills from the third bottle, and so on.
Which is the heavier pill, the poisonous pill or the random pill?
The heavier one is the poisonous pill. If the two are equal, the pill from that group that you didn’t weigh is the poisonous pill. Otherwise (the scales were balanced), call the pills you didn’t weigh A and B, and a random pill you did weigh C. With probability p, weigh A against B. With probability 1- p, weigh A against C.
Which is the poisonous pill in the stack?
Weigh the two groups of 3 against each other. If one of the groups was heavier, weigh two of the pills from that group against each other. The heavier one is the poisonous pill. If the two are equal, the pill from that group that you didn’t weigh is the poisonous pill.
How many bottles of pills are in one bottle?
If it is .1 gram more, it is 1st bottle which has heavy pill, if it is .2 more, gram 2nd bottle has heavy pills, if it is .3 more, gram 3rd bottle has heavy pills. Posted in:Puzzles| Tagged:Interview Riddles, Logical Puzzle, ZS Associate Interview Puzzles
