Defected balls

There are 9 identical *****. The owner of the ***** tells you that one of them is defective. You are given a weighing machine to find the defective ball with. Find the defective ball.

They are identical, therefore the owner of the ***** lied to you.

Weigh the 9 ***** in sets of 3. One chance down. You now know which group has the defective ball. Divide the congruent weights by 3 so you know how much each ball should weigh. Ball = x lbs. Weigh 2 of the ***** from the defective group seperately. All chances gone. If those 2 are congruent then the final ball is defective. If they're different then the one that doesn't = x is defective.

If all the ***** are identical either none of them are defected or they all are

To correct the riddle, you should state that all but one of the ***** are identical.

AnonymousThere are 9 ***** and all off them are identical. The owner of the ***** tells that one of them is defected. You are given with a weighing machine. You have got three chances to find the defected ball using the weighing machine. Find the defected ball?

There are 12 ***** that look identical. All but one has the same weight. You are allowed on

to truly answer the question you must first know if the defective ball is either heavier or lighter to correctly answer the question. if the defective ball was lighter, you would place 6 on one side and six on the other, the lighter side would rise, you then remove the heavier side of weights then place 3 of the remaining ***** on the now cleared side, then the side with the defective ball would

Anonymousto truly answer the question you must first know if the defective ball is either heavier or lighter

Nope. Not so. If I remember correctly, it's a mistake to weigh 6 against 6 in the first weighing.

CJ