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#1 User is offline   bonanova 

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Posted 01 October 2008 - 10:45 PM

You have a fuse that burns at an uneven rate, but it's symmetric about its midpoint.
Starting from either end, it burns completely in one hour.
What's the shortest time interval you can measure using the fuse?
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 10:48 PM

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Posted 01 October 2008 - 10:48 PM

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Posted 01 October 2008 - 10:49 PM

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View Postbonanova, on Oct 1 2008, 05:45 PM, said:

You have a fuse that burns at an uneven rate, but it's symmetric about its midpoint.
Starting from either end, it burns completely in one hour.
What's the shortest time interval you can measure using the fuse?

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Posted 01 October 2008 - 11:07 PM

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Posted 01 October 2008 - 11:17 PM

View Postbonanova, on Oct 1 2008, 04:45 PM, said:

You have a fuse that burns at an uneven rate, but it's symmetric about its midpoint.
Starting from either end, it burns completely in one hour.
What's the shortest time interval you can measure using the fuse?


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Posted 01 October 2008 - 11:19 PM

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Posted 01 October 2008 - 11:31 PM

View Postshoeshine, on Oct 1 2008, 05:19 PM, said:

Spoiler for I say


Ah, well in that case the answer is zero as you do not have a match to light the fuse either.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 11:48 PM

View PostG Threat, on Oct 1 2008, 05:17 PM, said:

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Posted 01 October 2008 - 11:55 PM

View PostJustsnapd8, on Oct 1 2008, 04:48 PM, said:

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Spoiler for another way of saying gthreat's answer

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