Question

A king asks a learned man to visit his palace, to which the learned man responds:

"I will come some day next month, but I will not tell you on which day. Further, you must give me gold in grams equal to the date on which I come."

In preparation for the visit, the king demands that his jeweler make gold rings of 1 to 31 grams.

The wise jeweler made only 5 rings. What are their weights?

Answer 1

Hey mate!!


the weights of 5 rings are:

1, 2, 4, 8, 16 grams

Using these combination of 5 type of weights you can reward 1-31 grams in weight to the wise man.

Example:

If wise man visit on 3rd day, you can give him ring with 1 & 2 grams. 

If wise man visit on 15th day, you can give him ring with 1, 2, 4, 8 grams. 

If wise man visit on 30th day, you can give him ring with 2, 4, 8, 16 grams.

You can do this for all possible number of days.


Thanks for the question!

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Answer 2

the rings and their weights is 1,2,4,8,16 ..