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from: "d.suresh kumar" <ec19709@rect.ernet.in>
organization: r.e.c., tiruchirappalli, india
to: genl%nb@rect.ernet.in
date: mon, 18 oct 1999 17:31:39 ist+530
subject: i'm back
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dear friends,
here is the next pack of food for thought.

1. i want to weigh weights from 1 to 100kgs(all integer weights

only) using a common balance. what is the minimum no. of weights i
require to do the job and what are those? how many such possible
combinations are there? can u give the funda ?
2. this is an easy one. which is the only no. which can
expressed as cubes of two no.s in two different ways? i mean
a^3+b^3=c^3+d^3=x. how is this no. popularly known as?
3. there is a 8x3 wooden piece. u r allowed cut it only once
in anyway u want and arrange the pieces so as to make it a 12x2
piece.

all the best.

yours
suresh.