Today is 27 May 2019, the 147th day of the year.
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			Sally Simplewit's Uncle Melvin has a collection of 100 toy soldiers in 10 boxes, 10 to a box. All of them are painted in bright colors, disguising the fact that the soldiers in just one of the boxes are made of solid silver, instead of tin like the others. And unfortunately, Uncle Melvin has lost track of which box contains the silver ones. But Sally (scientist in training) knows that each tin soldier weighs 10 grams, while the silver ones weigh 11 grams each. So, she removes one or more soldiers from each box, stacks all of them together on the scale and weighs them. She then immediately tells Uncle Melvin which box has the silver soldiers. Today's challenge: How did Sally know which box from simply weighing soldiers from each box all together? HINT Solution to yesterday's challenge THE MATH STORE LIVES! At last, the new Math Store is open, including all the downloads we have offered in the past. Please come poke around the shop and let us know what you think! NEW FOR 2012: Platonic Realms is at last being rewritten and moved to a new server. Please check back soon to see the new look, new content (together with all your old favorites), and an all new math store! This site is registered with the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA), and is suitable for all ages. Because we value freedom of expression on the internet as well as the privacy and comfort of our visitors, Platonic Realms is also bug-free and blink-free. Platonic Realms uses cookies for site-traffic analysis, but these automatically expire soon after your visit. Our privacy policy is very simple: we ALWAYS ask our visitors before collecting any personal information, and we NEVER share information about our visitors with anyone else. Period.

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