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For Professor Layton and the Curious Village on the DS, a GameFAQs Q&A question titled 'How do I solve Puzzle 5?' In Professor Layton and the Curious Village, you'll tackle over 130 puzzles as you unravel the mysteries of the village. Puzzles range from mazes and riddles to.
DetailsOn Valentine’s Day, your gadget-loving, technophile girlfriend gave you a most unusual slab of chocolate. While the jumble of letters looks like nonsense, if you manage to decode the letters written on the chocolate, a message from your sweetheart will appear What is she trying to tell you?Hint 1It's rather surprising that your girlfriend would leave you a message via chocolate. It's usually more her style to contact you via digital means.Hint 2As a self-professed gadget fiend, on more than one occasion she has suffered from the uniquely modern condition of 'texting thumb.' Hint 3If you're still stuck, just look at your closest keyboard for a hint.SolutionThe message on the chocolate says 'TEXT ME'.
DetailsBelow are 12 weights that are visually identical to one another. Among these is a single weight that has a different weight from the others. The problem is that you don't know whether this weight is heavier or lighter than the others. Use the scales exactly three times to determine which weight is different from the others.Hint 1There is no one definitive way to solve this puzzle, but it's best to start by putting four weights on each side of the scale.
If the scale tips one direction, you know that the four weights off the scale don't contain the weight you are looking for. If the scale stays level, you know that one of the four weights you didn't load on the scale is the irregular weight.Hint 2If the scale tips after you weigh eight weights in the fashion described in the first hint, take one set of weights off the scale and keep the other four where they are. Next, put the four weights that were left out in the first round on the empty side of the scale.
If you make it this far, all you need to do is narrow the possible choices down one more time in the next step.Hint 3If your scale doesn't tip after your second weighing as described in the earlier hint, you know the odd weight is somewhere within the four weights you took off the scale. If the scale tips in the same direction as before you know the irregular weight is somewhere within the four weights that you kept on the scale. If it tips in the opposite direction than before, the weight you seek is one of the four you loaded on the scale before the second weighing.SolutionPut four weights on each side and weigh it once. If it's balanced, then the weight you want is in one of the remaining four (2A).
If it doesn't balance, then the weight is in one of the eight on the scales (2B). 2A: If the weights balanced, then take them all off and find the four that haven't been weighed yet.
Place one weight from these four on each side of the scale, (which leaves two behind) and weigh them. If they balance, then the weight is one of the two that haven't been weighed yet (3A). If they don't balance, then one of the weights on the scale is the one you want (3B). 2B: If the weights didn't balance, then take four off and replace them with the four left behind before. If the scales stay unbalanced the same way, then the weight is one of the four on the side that you didn't change (3C). If the scales are unbalanced the opposite way, then the weight is one of the four that you just placed on the scales (3D). If the scales balance, then the weight is one of the four that you removed (3E).
3A: Take ONE of the weights that hasn't been weighed yet and weigh it against one of the other normal ones that have been weighed. If it balances, then the left over weight is your answer. If it doesn't balance, then the weight that you weighed against the normal one is the answer.
3B: Leave one of these two mystery weights on the scale and weigh the other against one of the normal weights that have already been weighed. If the scales balance, then the weight that was removed is the answer. If the scales don't balance, then the weight that was left on the scales (against the normal one) is the answer. 3C: Take the four weights from the side that didn't change. Weigh one of them against the other and leave two behind.
If they weigh the same, then the answer is one of the 2 leftover weights and you have to try one of them as your answer. If they don't balance, then the weight is one of the two on the scale and you still have to try one of them. 3D: Take the four new weights from the side where you just added four. Weigh one of them against the other and leave two behind. If they weigh the same, then the answer is one of the 2 leftover weights and you have to try one of them as your answer.
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If they don't balance, then the weight is one of the two on the scale and you still have to try one of them. 3E: Take the four weights that you removed. Weigh one of them against the other and leave two behind. If they weigh the same, then the answer is one of the 2 leftover weights and you have to try one of them as your answer. If they don't balance, then the weight is one of the two on the scale and you still have to try one of them. So basically if you don't want to have to guess, you need to restart the puzzle until the weights balance on the first weighing.
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