Oz's Question of the day #114 6/10/09)

[OZXJR]

You have two slow-burning fuses, each of which will burn up in exactly one hour. They are not necessarily of the same length and width as each other, nor even necessarily of uniform width, so you can't measure a half hour by noting when one fuse is half burned.
Using these two fuses, how can you measure 45 minutes?


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[Coopdman]

PMed my guess... where's everyone else's?

 

[Adirondack Jack]

PM sent. Late getting here today! Had to think about this one for a bit.

 

[HowlFZ6]

PM Sent. This was a good one! Thanks!

 

[sxty8goats]

No PM. still thinking and may get it later... If I could use a scale/balance I could do it with one but I'm at a loss for now

 

[FizzySix]

!PM a you sent have I

 

[SirIsaac]

PMed an answer which may or may not be correct.

 

[OZXJR]

Answer: Light both ends of fuse 1 and one end of fuse 2.
When fuse 1 is out, light the other end of fuse 2.
When it's out, 45 minutes have passed.

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