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anujkumar
December 3rd, 2003, 10:48 AM
Ek dukandar ke yaha 1 kilo se 30 kilo tuk gud ke gahak aate hain. Usse baat khareedne hain, market me 1 -30 tuk sare baat milte hain, sub 1 rupee me!

Ye batao, wo kon kon se (kilo ke) bat khareede, takki kum se kum paise kurch ho, aur toul bhee saree ho jaa!

rinu
December 3rd, 2003, 10:18 PM
1,2,4,8,15




RiNu

anujkumar
December 3rd, 2003, 10:50 PM
sahee nahee hai Rinu Jee, aapne lugta hai baniyo kuch tolte hua nahee dekha hai.. wo gud wale palde me bhee bat rakh deta hai !!

more takers?

rinu
December 3rd, 2003, 11:19 PM
Well, there might be another answer but the one I wrote goes like dis:
1,2,4,8,15
1=1
2=2
3=1+2
4=4
5=4+1
6=4+2
7=4+2+1
8=8
9=8+1
10=8+2
11=8+2+1
12=8+4
13=8+4+1
14=8+4+2
15=15
16=15+1
17=15+2
18=15+2+1
19=15+4
20=15+4+1
21=15+4+2
22=15+4+2+1
23=15+8
24=15+8+1
25=15+8+2
26=15+8+2+1
27=15+8+4
28=15+8+4+1
29=15+8+4+2
30=15+8+4+2+1




Anuj Kumar (Dec 03, 2003 12:20 p.m.):
sahee nahee hai Rinu Jee, aapne lugta hai baniyo kuch tolte hua nahee dekha hai.. wo gud wale palde me bhee bat rakh deta hai !!

more takers?

kkporia
December 4th, 2003, 04:04 AM
sahi baniya to 1 kilo ke baat se hi kaam chala lega

birbal
December 4th, 2003, 06:46 AM
Anuj,

You modified the problem because I remember this from 50 years ago. It was more suited to the old system of weights where 1 Mann (or Maund) equalled 40 Seers (or Shers) and the question was the same i.e. the minimum number of weights required to weigh from 1 Seer to 1 Mann.

Birbal Singh

anujkumar
December 4th, 2003, 07:27 AM
Dear Birbal Sir,

You are right. Maine galtee se galat sawal pooch liya!

Renu jee aapkaa answer bhee bilkul sahee thaa. Pahle maine bat kee keemat uska wajan bataya thaa. Here goes the asli version again!

Ek dukandar ke yaha 1 kilo se 40 kilo tuk gud ke gahak aate hain. Usse baat khareedne hain, market me 1 -40 tuk sare baat milte hain.

Ye batao, wo kon kon se (kilo ke) bat khareede, takki kum se kum bat ho (number of weight's, not sum of their weights) , aur toul bhee saree ho jaa!

Waise itna kathin pahle hee pooch leta to ek bhee response milne me fight ho jati.

Thanks
Anuj

anujkumar
December 4th, 2003, 09:59 AM
Answer is 1,3,9,27