The Sophisticated Task
Hannah has a basket with `13` apples. Hannah wants to know the total weight of all these apples. Rachel has a digital scale, and she is willing to help Hannah, but only under the following conditions: In each weighing, Hannah can weigh exactly `2` apples, and the number of weighings cannot exceed `8`.
Explain how, under these conditions, Hannah can know the total weight of the apples.
Difficulty level (1 very easy - 10 very hard): 2
Topics:
Combinatorics
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Double Counting
Algebra
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Equations
Algebra
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Word Problems
Proof and Example
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Constructing an Example / Counterexample
Algorithm Theory
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Weighing
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