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The air answer was closest so far, but air isn't what you measure on a scale.
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Think hard, what would be difficult to keep on a scale on Earth long enough to get a reading?
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papermario13689 wrote:
I didn't think it would get this complicated, but Bad Player is right. This "object" has a weight that can only be estimated on Earth, but only on the moon can you force the scale to give you a reading on this object's weight. Of course, like Bad Player said, it won't be an accurate weight, but it will be a weight nonetheless.
Think hard, what would be difficult to keep on a scale on Earth long enough to get a reading?
Think hard, what would be difficult to keep on a scale on Earth long enough to get a reading?
Hmm... a vacuum?
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Think hard, what would be difficult to keep on a scale on Earth long enough to get a reading?
... THE MOON!
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LordWolfODonnell wrote:
papermario13689 wrote:
Think hard, what would be difficult to keep on a scale on Earth long enough to get a reading?
... THE MOON!
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Sorry, those aren't it either...I'm running out of hints that won't give the answer away too.
The last hint: This object will not stay on the scale long enough to get a reading, but on the moon, a reading can be achieved.
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So, the fuel remaining at half-trip?
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An atom, then? That's my final guess.
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I wouldn't have guessed that at all.
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papermario13689 wrote:
Yes!!!! THANK YOU:O
... but you can weigh a helium balloon though, on both Earth and the Moon...
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... but you can weigh a helium balloon though, on both Earth and the Moon...
Nah, you can't keep it on the scale long enough on Earth.
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IlovephoenixwrightXD wrote:
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... but you can weigh a helium balloon though, on both Earth and the Moon...
Nah, you can't keep it on the scale long enough on Earth.
You can't weigh a helium balloon on the Moon; it will pop in the vacuum.
If you want to play around the temperature, pressure, and the surrounding environment of the helium balloon you might be able to get a reading, but can't you just figure out the mass of the Helium from the temperature, pressure, and volume of the balloon, and then multiple by some gravitational constant?
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IlovephoenixwrightXD wrote:
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... but you can weigh a helium balloon though, on both Earth and the Moon...
Nah, you can't keep it on the scale long enough on Earth.
... I beg to differ.
In my knowledge there are 4 ways to determine a helium balloon's weight and mass.
Although this wasn't the exact format of my experiment, I found this experiment to be identical, and the easiest of the 4; all of which bear the same results.
1. Turn on a micro digital scale. To get an accurate weight for your helium balloon, the scale should be of the type that can weigh something as light as 1/100g.
2. Place a quarter onto the balance; a small balance weight (like the ones that likely come with a school scale); or another small, heavy object on the scale and write down the weight. The object should weigh at least 4 or 5g.
3. Tie the string on your helium balloon to the quarter, weight or whichever small object you used in Step 2. Make sure it is tight, so it won't come loose while you are calculating the helium balloon's weight. You will also find out if your object is heavy enough to keep the helium balloon firmly planted. If it is not, use something else, repeting Step 2 if necessary.
4. Place the small, heavy object (with the balloon string attached) on the scale. Write down the weight.
5. Subtract the weight from Step 4 from the weight of Step 2. If you did everything right, you should have a negative number. You result in a negative number because the balloon, filled with helium, is actually pulling against gravity, though not enough to make your weight from Step 2 take off into the air.
6. Know the difference between "weight" and "mass." The definition of weight, according to Dictionary.com, is "the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational acceleration, as a measure of mass." Because the helium has a negative effect against the force of gravity, this is one case in which the weight will not be the same as the mass.
7. Poke a hole in the balloon to let the helium out, and untie the string from your balance weight. Weigh the balloon by itself on the scale and you will have its mass, because there is no longer a force acting against gravity. Now you have the mass and the "weight", the negative number from Step 5, of a helium balloon.
I would assume the same would work on something with the relative gravity of the Moon, with the given that you would need a more advanced scale in terms of light weight, but what Bad Player has said does strike the riddle in question to be incorrect, as well as disproving the balloon's holding on the Moon.
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LordWolfODonnell wrote:
IlovephoenixwrightXD wrote:
LordWolfODonnell wrote:
... but you can weigh a helium balloon though, on both Earth and the Moon...
Nah, you can't keep it on the scale long enough on Earth.
... I beg to differ.
In my knowledge there are 4 ways to determine a helium balloon's weight and mass.
Although this wasn't the exact format of my experiment, I found this experiment to be identical, and the easiest of the 4; all of which bear the same results.
1. Turn on a micro digital scale. To get an accurate weight for your helium balloon, the scale should be of the type that can weigh something as light as 1/100g.
2. Place a quarter onto the balance; a small balance weight (like the ones that likely come with a school scale); or another small, heavy object on the scale and write down the weight. The object should weigh at least 4 or 5g.
3. Tie the string on your helium balloon to the quarter, weight or whichever small object you used in Step 2. Make sure it is tight, so it won't come loose while you are calculating the helium balloon's weight. You will also find out if your object is heavy enough to keep the helium balloon firmly planted. If it is not, use something else, repeting Step 2 if necessary.
4. Place the small, heavy object (with the balloon string attached) on the scale. Write down the weight.
5. Subtract the weight from Step 4 from the weight of Step 2. If you did everything right, you should have a negative number. You result in a negative number because the balloon, filled with helium, is actually pulling against gravity, though not enough to make your weight from Step 2 take off into the air.
6. Know the difference between "weight" and "mass." The definition of weight, according to Dictionary.com, is "the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational acceleration, as a measure of mass." Because the helium has a negative effect against the force of gravity, this is one case in which the weight will not be the same as the mass.
7. Poke a hole in the balloon to let the helium out, and untie the string from your balance weight. Weigh the balloon by itself on the scale and you will have its mass, because there is no longer a force acting against gravity. Now you have the mass and the "weight", the negative number from Step 5, of a helium balloon.
I would assume the same would work on something with the relative gravity of the Moon, with the given that you would need a more advanced scale in terms of light weight, but what Bad Player has said does strike the riddle in question to be incorrect, as well as disproving the balloon's holding on the Moon.
Hmm.... what about when temperature is very low, making helium denser and eventually causing it to sink? It won't go up, meaning it will have a positive weight, which means you will get a different result from this. However, changing temperature should not change weight.
Also, weighing the balloon by itself does not count the mass of the helium, and thus is just the mass of a balloon, not of a balloon filled with helium.
(Devil's advocate is fun.)
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This puzzle was a dud, I got really excited only because someone actually guessed the answer that had been implanted in my head for so long. Apologies, everyone!
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That, or a towel. Announcing that puzzle at my school would result in 550 kids shouting "That's what she said!"
Not too sure about the second one, is it meant to be a riddle?
Not too sure about the second one, is it meant to be a riddle?
It's not a sponge or a towel either.
Yeah the second one is a riddle.~
Tip on both of the previous riddles I posted: Completely innocent and pleasing to the tongue.
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Still pondering that second one, it's kind of difficult to think on that one.
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Is it Metaknight's sword? Or maybe the magically appearing zipper?
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justis76 wrote:
Well, Kirby usually talks in that comic, so that can't be it...
Is it Metaknight's sword? Or maybe the magically appearing zipper?
Is it Metaknight's sword? Or maybe the magically appearing zipper?
Hadn't thought of those, but no. Someone more logical than graphic.
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Dedede shouldn't have been so surprised because he knew it wasn't Metaknight.
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My answer was: Why would a Metaknight dressed as Dedede go talk with someone he thought was Metaknight? He should have freaked, knowing that he's MK and that there couldn't be two of 'em.
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Murmurs in the ranks could be of a spy in the camp.
A dead waddle dee here mysterious vacuum noises around the base.
Dedede in his infinite wisdom goes into hiding to avoid assasination.
Meta Knight on his King's order's takes his place as a decoy to lure the imposter out.
Meta Knight would know instantly that the fake meta Knight was the intruder and simply waited for the ideal time to reveal himself to his opponent for maximum surprise.
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Pierre wrote:
There's a perfectly logical explanation for that though.
Murmurs in the ranks could be of a spy in the camp.
A dead waddle dee here mysterious vacuum noises around the base.
Dedede in his infinite wisdom goes into hiding to avoid assasination.
Meta Knight on his King's order's takes his place as a decoy to lure the imposter out.
Meta Knight would know instantly that the fake meta Knight was the intruder and simply waited for the ideal time to reveal himself to his opponent for maximum surprise.
Murmurs in the ranks could be of a spy in the camp.
A dead waddle dee here mysterious vacuum noises around the base.
Dedede in his infinite wisdom goes into hiding to avoid assasination.
Meta Knight on his King's order's takes his place as a decoy to lure the imposter out.
Meta Knight would know instantly that the fake meta Knight was the intruder and simply waited for the ideal time to reveal himself to his opponent for maximum surprise.
Ha...! But why was he surprised that the Metaknight was actually former Dreamland Hero, Kirby?
Perhaps he was trying to convince the intruder by looking surprised, thus raising the intruder's hopes of scaring him off, just to pop out at the right moment and get the better of him.
A better explanation would be the following: they knew that the intruder was a Waddle Dee by eye witnesses. Now, Metaknight, knowing that the Metaknight he saw couldn't be real, thought he was the intruder Waddle Dee: they have both the same shape and size.
He goes up to him, dressed as his king, planning to kill him or at least scare him off. When he discovers it's Kirby, he's surprised, because he had always thought, along with the others, that the intruder was a Waddle Dee. But he still follows his plan, Waddle Dee or not, and God knows what happened next.
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Kirby would have assumed something was up if Dedede was completely unphased by his appearance. The momentary shock allowed Kirby to think he had the upper hand before the Mach blade of Meta Knight cut him in twain!
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Spoiler: Riddle 1
Spoiler: Riddle 2
Spoiler: Riddle 3
And one more, in the same vein:
Spoiler: Riddle 4
(EDIT: I'll save this one for later.)
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