Marble Riddle Scale

Lastly use the scale to weigh the 2 remaining marbles to determine the heavier marble.
Marble riddle scale. We put 3 marbles on each pan for a total of 6 marbles on the pan and we leave 2 marbles off the pan. In any case on to the riddle. You have a balance that contains 2 trays. The marbles are all uniform in size appearance and shape.
The scales are of the old balance variety. Use the scale to determine the group that contains the heavier marble. If when comparing the 6 marbles we find that both sides are equal then we know that the heaviest marble has to be in the 2 marbles that are not on the scale. This means that we only have to compare on those 2 remaining marbles and we have the heaviest marble in only two weighings.
You don t know which is. Yeah i probably shouldn t have even bothered with the picture. You have 12 marbles. The remaining marble is slightly heavier than the others.
And if the marbles on the scale do not weigh the same then we know that one of the marbles on the scale is the heaviest and we can eliminate the marbles that are not on the scale. Mensa level brain teaser on mind bluff. So let s do this. Riddles hard riddles logic riddles previous riddle sliding coins.
You can perform up to a maximum of three weighings to find out which marble has the different weight and if it is heavier or lighter than the others. 1 you have 9 marbles as seen. That is a small dish hangs from each end of a rod that is balanced in the middle. 2 8 of them are exactly the same weight.
You are only able to use the scale 2 times. You can put things in the little buckets and the scale will tip to the heavier side. There are 8 marbles that weigh 1 ounce each and 1 marble that weighs 1 1 ounces.