## BdMO National 2013: Junior 6

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### BdMO National 2013: Junior 6

You have $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9$ kg weights in your home. You have only one piece of each of the weights. You also have a balance. If you put a weight on the left side of that balance, its weight becomes twice. Every time you choose three weights to put on the balance in such a manner that the balance remains in equilibrium. On every turn, the total weight the balance can carry gets reduced by $3$ kg. At the first time the balance may carry at most $20$ kg in total. In how many ways can you keep weights on balance?

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### Re: BdMO National 2013: Junior 6

এইটার উত্তর mathematically কিভাবে বের করবো ?? গুনে গুনে না ।
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### Re: BdMO National 2013: Junior 6

If you are looking for some hints,
*edited to add a missed out case. (thanks to Mahi)
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### Re: BdMO National 2013: Junior 6

Labib wrote: According to the statement,
$2w_L = w_{R_1} + w_{R_2}$
The question allows $2(w_{L_1}+w_{L_2}) = w_R$ too. Did you count those?
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### Re: BdMO National 2013: Junior 6

*Mahi* wrote:
Labib wrote: According to the statement,
$2w_L = w_{R_1} + w_{R_2}$
The question allows $2(w_{L_1}+w_{L_2}) = w_R$ too. Did you count those?
Missed out on those I guess.
I'll fix it anyway.
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atiab jobayer
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### Re: BdMO National 2013: Junior 6

Vai Eku sohoj basai lekhen
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Labib
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### Re: BdMO National 2013: Junior 6

I'm not sure if I can make it sound any easier than this Atiab.
I'd leave it to someone else who could come up with an easier solution.
Meanwhile, I'd give you a heads up. Please do not use "Banglish" in the forum. (I believe it is prohibited)
If you wish to right bangla, please use Avro/some other software.
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### Re: BdMO National 2013: Junior 6

I want to know what is the final answer
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asif e elahi
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### Re: BdMO National 2013: Junior 6

I think the answer is 1.I solved it by brute force.

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