{"id":64,"date":"2016-05-16T12:38:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T17:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=64"},"modified":"2016-05-16T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T17:08:12","slug":"einsteins-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"Einstein&#8217;s Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Supposedly Einstein solved this problem in three minutes. It might take you longer.<\/p>\n<p>You are given 12 balls and told that one of them has a different weight, whether lighter or heavier.<\/p>\n<p>With three weighings using any scale you are to locate this ball.<\/p>\n<p>Patience is a virtue.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-64\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=64&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-64\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=64&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-64\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=64&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=64&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supposedly Einstein solved this problem in three minutes. It might take you longer. You are given 12 balls and told that one of them has a different weight, whether lighter or heavier. With three weighings using any scale you are to locate this ball. Patience is a virtue. 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