Friday, 25 November 2016

ROPE BURNING PUZZLE , Interview Puzzles




    A rope takes exactly one hour to burn if
    lighted from one end.  

  Find
 
 a)  How can You Measure  15 minutes if  1
     such  rope is given  ?
 
 b)  How can You Measure  45 minutes if  2
     such  rope is given  ?

3 comments:

  1. B) If we burn from both ends 30min are over and burn one more rope to half, which gives you 45 min

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  2. fold the rope 2 times and burn it

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  3. According to me, twist the rope in four equal parts and than burn from one end burning of the first part will denote 15 mins as 60/4=15

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