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Puzzle #21: Burning Rope Timer Puzzle | Infosys
A man has two ropes of varying thickness (Those two ropes are not identical, they aren’t the same density nor the same length nor the same width). Each rope burns in 60 minutes. He actually wants to measure 45 mins. How can he measure 45 mins using only these two ropes?
He can’t cut the one rope in half because the ropes are non-homogeneous and he can’t be sure how long it will burn.
Puzzle Solution:
He will burn one of the rope at both the ends and the second rope at one end. After half an hour, the first one burns completely and at this point of time, he will burn the other end of the second rope so now it will take 15 mins more to completely burn. so total time is 30 + 15 i.e. 45 mins.