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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: ThudnBlunder, SMQ, Icarus, towr, william wu, Grimbal, Eigenray)    burning strings « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: burning strings  (Read 1599 times) Moti Newbie     Gender: Posts: 17 burning strings   « on: Nov 6th, 2002, 2:16pm » Quote Modify you have 2 strings, each takes 1 hour to burn.   the burn rate of each string is not linear (half the string doesn't necesarily burn for 30 minutes).   measure 15 minutes IP Logged william wu wu::riddles Administrator     Gender: Posts: 1291 Re: burning strings   « Reply #1 on: Nov 6th, 2002, 4:22pm » Quote Modify Hi Moti; welcome to the forum. This riddle is already in the easy section of the site, under the title "NONHOMOGENEOUS ROPE BURNING". Although my problem statement asks to time 45 minutes, the solution is still basically the same. Thanks for the contribution anyways though. « Last Edit: Nov 6th, 2002, 4:23pm by william wu » IP Logged [ wu ] : http://wuriddles.com / http://forums.wuriddles.com Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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