Puzzle

[Spare Tool]

Saw this puzzle on Columbo they were talking about bags of gold coins but thought id try n make it relevant to forum cuz I'm sad like that
So I've got ten pallets of genuine Italian porcelain tiles, 20 tiles on each pallet, all look identical BUT one pallet is a Turkish fake copy, and its that good only one way of telling the fake is by the weight of the individual tiles.
The genuine tiles weigh 1kilo each tile
The fake tiles weigh 1 kilo and 1 gram each tile..
I have only one penny for the scales to give one weight reading only...how do I work out which is the fake pallet of tiles?
No prizes but Columbo solved it

 

[John Benton]

The genuine Italian tiles say 'Made in China' on back

 

[Spare Tool]

The genuine Italian tiles say 'Made in China' on back

Good effort but its not a trick question, theres a genuine solution

 

[John Benton]

You take 1 tile from 1st pallet, 2 from 2nd, 3 from 3rd and so on. You put them all on the scales and take the weight reading, if the reading for example is x kg and 14 grams you know that the 14th pallet is the fake one, and I didn't see that episode either

 

[Time's Ran Out]

But there was only 10 pallets so it involves 55 tiles!
The additional no of grams ie 8grams tells you it's the 8th pallet.

 

[Spare Tool]

You take 1 tile from 1st pallet, 2 from 2nd, 3 from 3rd and so on. You put them all on the scales and take the weight reading, if the reading for example is x kg and 14 grams you know that the 14th pallet is the fake one, and I didn't see that episode either

BOOM!!! Well you could have let it run a bit but well worked out if you really didn't see it...nice one John



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[John Benton]

But there was only 10 pallets so it involves 55 tiles!
The additional no of grams ie 8grams tells you it's the 8th pallet.

Had tiles and pallets mixed up......it's late for me

 

[John Benton]

BOOM!!! Well you could have let it run a bit but well worked out if you really didn't see it...nice one John



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Could have done but I'm up early in morning, wish I could work out how many tiles I need on jobs so easily

 

[Dan]

I saw that puzzle and had to search the net for the answer as I didn't watch the end lol

 

[Italy]

always denigrating Italian here......