SOLUTION: Could someone please help me with this problem thanks. A set of weights for a balance scale us made of a one pond weight, a two pound weight, a four pound weight and a five pound

SOLUTION: Could someone please help me with this problem thanks. A set of weights for a balance scale us made of a one pond weight, a two pound weight, a four pound weight and a five pound

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Question 131176: Could someone please help me with this problem thanks.
A set of weights for a balance scale us made of a one pond weight, a two pound weight, a four pound weight and a five pound weight. Using any combination of these weights, how many different quantities can be measured?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1, 2, 4, 5
The lowest wt is 1 and the highest is 12 and all the wts. in between.
12 in all.
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Ed
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