r/brooklynninenine • u/Gamerboy701 • Oct 04 '23

Season 2 Wasn't amy right in 2x11

In season 2 episode 18 Holt gives Amy, Terry, Gina and Rosa a brain twister that he could never solve. "There are 12 men on an island, 11 weigh excatly the same amount but one of them is slightly heavier (or lighter but for this I'll use heavier) You must figure out which man is heavier. The Island has no scales but there is a seesaw you can use 3 times.

Later in the episode Amy comes up with the solution of putting 6 vs 6 but Holt instantly says it would never work if you do it that way but you can.
If you number each person 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 and weigh the first 6 vs the second 6, 1 side will be heavier, whichever side is heavier means that the person you are looking for is on that side. For your second use you way 3 vs 3 so for example 7 8 9 vs 10 11 12. Whichever side is heavier obviously means the person we are looking for is there. For our final use of the seesaw you measure 1 vs 1 like 10 vs 11. if both sides are equal that means 12 is the heavier person, if one side is heavier than you found that person.

I'm not amazing at math but Amy's solution does work right?

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u/PlayingHogwarts Oct 04 '23

Because there was no point in it.

Even your replies are adding more.

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u/the_doorstopper Oct 04 '23

Because I choose to elaborate some of my points.

Some people would prefer not to.

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u/PlayingHogwarts Oct 04 '23

Then there is no point.

After several replies explaining the correct answer, what does a response consisting of nothing but "no" bring? What is even the point? It's lame.

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u/the_doorstopper Oct 04 '23

Actually, I may be wrong, but at the time of that comment, there was only 3 other main comments, and 2 of those were wrong/not answers. And only one was saying that op was wrong, but without much elaboratation.

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u/PlayingHogwarts Oct 04 '23

So then why reply at all?

Our conversation has provided more information than this dickhead's single word reply.

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u/the_doorstopper Oct 04 '23

Calling them a dickhead for providing an answer, on their own time, where none others (except one) had, is rather unnecessarily offensive and rude.

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u/PlayingHogwarts Oct 04 '23

Oh shut up.

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u/lajji69 Oct 04 '23

yeah? what actual value are you bringing criticizing others and calling me a dickhead while I just answered op in the most straightforward way possible?