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LionKing: Posts: 0; Joined: July 14th, 2002, 3:00 am

The Burning Question - No Strings Attached

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May 5th, 2004, 6:39 pm

You have 2 pieces of string that burn (when torched at one end) for 1 hour each.The strings are unequal in lenght and have irrgular burn rates .How does one time 45 minutes using a box of matches and the 2 strings .


BahamianMan: Posts: 0; Joined: April 27th, 2004, 5:31 pm

The Burning Question - No Strings Attached

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May 5th, 2004, 8:21 pm

learn to speak google, it only takes 4 words : two string burn quizhttp://www-users.york.ac.uk/~socs337/quiz/answers1999-2000/ansString.html


nsande: Posts: 3; Joined: January 9th, 2002, 11:00 am

The Burning Question - No Strings Attached

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May 5th, 2004, 8:46 pm

See alsoRopes and stringsRegards,Niclas