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Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts
from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg. What are the
minimum number of different weights required and how heavy
should they be?

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Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg. W..

Answer / guest

The minimum number is 5 and they should weigh 1, 3, 9, 27
and 81 kgs

Is This Answer Correct ?    43 Yes 8 No

Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg. W..

Answer / ankit jain

if weighing scale can have weights on one side only then
its 1,2,4,8,16,32,64 i.e. 7 weights...but if weights can be
put on both sides then its 1,3,9,27,81 i.e. 5

Is This Answer Correct ?    15 Yes 0 No

Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg. W..

Answer / mahesh

1,3,9,27,81

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 1 No

Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg. W..

Answer / the gr8 sam

Answer should be -
1,2,4,8,16,32,64

so the total number is 7 weights.

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 7 No

Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg. W..

Answer / ram

It should be , all prime noumbers existing from 1 to 121
required to do this job

or only 1Kg of different(121) pieces suffice to this work

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 11 No

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