Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/186 - The False Scales

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 * The False Scales
 * A pudding, when placed into one of the pans of a balance, appeared to weigh $4$ ounces more than $\tfrac 9 {11}$ of its true weight,
 * but when placed into the other pan it appeared to weigh $3$ pounds more than in the first pan.
 * What was its true weight?