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You have 8 balls. One of them is defective and weighs less
than others. You have a balance to measure balls against
each other. In 2 weighings how do you find the defective
one?
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Answer Posted / laxman
divide 8 balls into two halves 4 each
step1: take a set of 4 balls and divide into two sets of two
balls eeach and wight them,if theres diference in
weight defective ball is in this set of 4 ball..else
consider other set of 4 balls(extra step)
step2: consider the set of 2 balls having less weight and
weight them and pick the defective ball
best case 2 steps...worst case 3 steps
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