a trick on weighing big ones

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• Subject: a trick on weighing big ones
• From: D* S* <d*@leland.stanford.edu>
• Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 11:59:21 -0700

Bill Kournikakis' note on topping out a scale reminded me of a trick I used
last year.
To weigh a big pumpkin, get (say) 6 heavy lifting people, 6 bathroom
scales, and 6 observers.  Have all the lifters hoist the pumpkin and stand
on the scales.  Since they can't see their feet, have the observers record
the weights.  Then subract out what each individual weighs (someone holds
the tarp) and compute the balance.

The procedure is a bit funky, but it is low tech, and it works.

	Dan Shapiro


Lift the pumpkin

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