John

1. Have each passenger pick up an unknown weight (suitcase, etc.) and
weigh with it to get a gross weight.

2. After all three are weighed that way, add these gross figures to
get a max gross weight of the group.

3. Take the 'added' weight (suitcases, etc.) each carried to get
weighed and weigh the three to get the excess weight.

4. Subtract the extra weights total from the max gross total and the
figure you get is the total passenger weight that can be used to
figure W & B.

May be a easier way but this will work and no individual will give
away his weight.

Big John


On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:58:19 GMT, john smith wrote:

The Current Challenge (given February 22, 2004):

A private pilot has a four-seat plane, and he's offered to take three
friends up for a flight. To do his load and fuel calculations the pilot
needs to know the combined weight of his three passengers. Now, the
three passengers are sensitive about their weight, and none of them will
let anyone else know how much he weighs. And no scale at the flying club
is big enough to weigh more than one person at a time. How does the
pilot quickly get the accurate combined weight of the three passengers?

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