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Friday, April 30, 2010

Average Puzzle



You are having 7 uniform burning rate sticks each of length 1m. Using a match box with match sticks and these sticks, how can you measure 1.75m?


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2 comments:

  1. take 4 sticks.burn both sides of 1 stick say X and burn 1 side of the rest.when X burns completely other sticks burns .5m .Take 2 of the .5m sticks ,burn both sides of one stick say Y and and one side of the other.When y burns completely,other stick burn .25.
    1m+.5m.+.25m

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