Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Let's say you have 8 pennies and 1 penny is lighter than the others. If you have a balance scale what is the minimum number of measures do you need to take with it to find the light penny?
Is the answer IDGAF how does this relate to my job?
Is the answer Who's shaving pennies you know that's a Federal crime?
If you have a balance scale what is the minimum number of measures do you need to take with it to find the light penny?
I am so irritated that I'm thinking about this. Like, if you get lucky, couldn't it be one? Put 4 on one side, 4 on the other, and if they balance, the spare one is lighter.
I'm really not great at selling myself the way they want people to sell themselves, though.
But I bet you killed it at Vocally Self Critical!
Let's say you have 8 pennies and 1 penny is lighter than the others. If you have a balance scale what is the minimum number of measures do you need to take with it to find the light penny?
Three?
Minimum means, you got lucky and found it fast, right? So, four pennies on each side, one side's lighter. Remove one penny from each side, one side's still lighter, that's two. Remove one more penny from each side, one side's still lighter, that's three. Remove one more penny leaving one on each side, one side's lighter, found it in four.
Three:
Weigh 4 pennies on each side. One side will be lighter.
Take those 4, weigh 2 on each side. One side will be lighter.
Take those two, weigh 1 on each side. Done.
Ah ha! Excellent. I'm never good at those sorts of things.
Anyone who had the opportunity to hire Plei or Glam and failed to do so is clearly out of their freaking minds, but I still have to put in a kneejerk Not All Departments on behalf of the mothership here.
Thank you, and I'm happy to hear it is not a wide-spread issue. In hindsight, I'm also glad I didn't get the job as we would not have moved to NC and we are so very happy here.
If Cleveland had won the World Series, after winning Basketball and Hockey (AHL) championships this year, that would mean the Browns would have to win the Superbowl, which SURELY mean the world was ending.
Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. We may have dodged a bullet there.
Oh, god, Zen, what a nightmare!
I'm really not great at selling myself the way they want people to sell themselves, though.
This is what burns me up about job hunting. Selling myself is NOT ONE OF MY SKILLS which is why I am not looking for work in Marketing or whatever. So don't hold that against me, potential employers! The skills for this job are not that!
t /why I am chronically underemployed part 367
Let's say you have 8 pennies and 1 penny is lighter than the others. If you have a balance scale what is the minimum number of measures do you need to take with it to find the light penny?
Ooh, I can at least come up with an answer for that. I'll say 3. And all credit goes to Car Talk puzzlers. [and upon reading further I see Dana and Jessica together have provided the full answer. As usual, the hivemind is mighty. I would say we should monetize that so none of us have to job hunt any more, but I suspect that would really suck in actuality so let's not.]
The answer is 2 (without having to get lucky).