21-Feb-2012, 1:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-Feb-2012, 1:47 PM by KeyboardWielder.)
Quote:Any defenders for the poor base-3 system?
Problem: Break a 40 kg weight into 4 pieces such that those pieces can then be used to measure any (integer) weight from 1 to 40 kg using a balance.
Solution uses balanced ternary (digits: -1, 0, +1).
- Madhav.