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Among 12 identical looking golf balls there is one that is defective in weight. It is either heavier or lighter than the standard one. You have a balance. You can only weigh 3 times to find out which one is defective and whether it is heavier or lighter.

Answer Posted / anand

first take 3 balls on one side of the scale and another 3
balls on the other side of the scale. If they don’t weigh
equal then the defective ball is here in this bunch.if they
weigh equal then defective ball is in the set of other 6
balls.Thus we have 6 balls in which we need to find out the
defective one.
now the bunch of other six balls are equal weighted..take 3
balls of from them and weigh them with the bunch of 3 balls
of the above weighted, if they are equal then defective ball
is in the other bunch of 3 balls and if they are not equal
defective ball is in this 3 ball set.(if this set weighs
heavier than the ideal group of 3 balls {that we have
selected from the remaining set of 6 balls} than defective
ball is heavier and vice versa.
now we have 3 balls..take any 2 and weigh them with the
other equal set of 2 balls..if they weigh equal then the
remaining ball is defective..and if they don’t weigh equal
then the ball which is heavier(as we have assumed the set if
3 is heavier than ideal set in the second step.) is
defective in the scale..

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