The clumsy apprentice of wealthy Arabian merchant uncorked the jar in which a genie had been imprisoned for many years,. Free at last, the genie looked about the Arab's shop to see what mischief he could make. he could, of course, had destroyed the merchants shop or even killed the merchant, but he quickly realized that the merchant valued his money much more than his life!
Seizing the merchant's gold, he hid it at the bottom of hue earthen olive jar. Then be brought in eight identical olive jars and placed 3 pound weights in all nine jars. Last, he filled the jars with olives and sealed them securely.
When the merchant became distraught at his loss, the genie revealed what he had done adn agreed to give the merchant back his wealth if he could guess which jar held the gold. The genie would not let him open any of the jars. he could only weigh them. the catch? He could only use the scale three times.
The merchant owned a balance scale with pans on each side. How did he identify the jar with the gold?
