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Unread 09-04-2004, 21:50
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Re: Odd Escape

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Originally Posted by jonathan lall
Well I think if you burn the first rope at both ends, their flames will meet and fizzle at 30 minutes, right? Because their uneven burning will still make them meet somewhere along that length. So if you also burned the second rope at the start (i.e. the same time as you lit the first rope), when the first rope's flames die out, it'll be 30 minutes, at which point you could light the other end of the second rope. When both ends of the second rope meet, it'll be another 15 minutes. This adds up to 45 minutes, I think. Unless I'm horribly missing something.
Exactly right. (Your solution, not the statement that you're horribly missing something ).
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