Token Gay Guy
05-28-2002, 04:22 PM
You have two sticks of incense, each of which burn for an hour from on end to the other. However, the width of the sticks are not uniform. And the rates of burning are not constant, which means they can burn fast at the beginning and slow at the end, or some other random ways.
Given those two sticks of incense and a box of matches, how do you measure 45 minutes?
Remember, the rate of burning is not constant, so you can't cut 3/4 of the stick and burn it!!!
Given those two sticks of incense and a box of matches, how do you measure 45 minutes?
Remember, the rate of burning is not constant, so you can't cut 3/4 of the stick and burn it!!!