Saturday, December 13, 2014

Burning Rope Puzzle

A man has two ropes of varying thickness (Those two ropes are not identical, they aren’t the same density nor the same length nor the same width). Each rope burns in 60 minutes. He actually wants to measure 45 min. How can he measure 45 min using only these two ropes.

He can’t cut the one rope in half because the ropes are non-homogeneous and he can’t be sure how long it will burn.

Watch this space for answer in a week.

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