Exercise 49

You have a weighing scale and four weight plates of 1 kg, 2 kg, 4 kg, and 8 kg. Of the following weight measurements, which one cannot be obtained using the four given weight plates?

  1. 7

  2. 12

  3. 13

  4. 16

  5. 11

Try to solve it before checking the answer.
  1. 16

Indeed, the four weights together only reach \( 15 \, Kg \).