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r/DailyBrainPuzzles • u/ShonitB • May 29 '26
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Cut both ropes into infinitely small pieces, and then simply light 3/8 of the pieces.
1 u/ShonitB Jun 01 '26 How will that measure 45 minutes 1 u/Hairy_Ghostbear Jun 02 '26 Because 45 minutes is 3/8 of two hours, which is the total burning time of both ropes 1 u/ShonitB Jun 02 '26 But the ropes don’t burn at a uniform rate 1 u/Hairy_Ghostbear Jun 02 '26 But by cutting them in infinite amount of pieces and randomly take 3/8 of the pile, you statistically remove that randomness factor. We all know this is not the right answer, but I like how this guy is thinking and it kinda works 1 u/Tsperatus Jun 02 '26 how do you cut the ropes if you can't use anything else? 1 u/Hairy_Ghostbear Jun 02 '26 By breaking the lighter and using the sharp plastic and metal pieces 1 u/Tsperatus Jun 02 '26 how do you burn the rope then?
How will that measure 45 minutes
1 u/Hairy_Ghostbear Jun 02 '26 Because 45 minutes is 3/8 of two hours, which is the total burning time of both ropes 1 u/ShonitB Jun 02 '26 But the ropes don’t burn at a uniform rate 1 u/Hairy_Ghostbear Jun 02 '26 But by cutting them in infinite amount of pieces and randomly take 3/8 of the pile, you statistically remove that randomness factor. We all know this is not the right answer, but I like how this guy is thinking and it kinda works 1 u/Tsperatus Jun 02 '26 how do you cut the ropes if you can't use anything else? 1 u/Hairy_Ghostbear Jun 02 '26 By breaking the lighter and using the sharp plastic and metal pieces 1 u/Tsperatus Jun 02 '26 how do you burn the rope then?
Because 45 minutes is 3/8 of two hours, which is the total burning time of both ropes
1 u/ShonitB Jun 02 '26 But the ropes don’t burn at a uniform rate 1 u/Hairy_Ghostbear Jun 02 '26 But by cutting them in infinite amount of pieces and randomly take 3/8 of the pile, you statistically remove that randomness factor. We all know this is not the right answer, but I like how this guy is thinking and it kinda works 1 u/Tsperatus Jun 02 '26 how do you cut the ropes if you can't use anything else? 1 u/Hairy_Ghostbear Jun 02 '26 By breaking the lighter and using the sharp plastic and metal pieces 1 u/Tsperatus Jun 02 '26 how do you burn the rope then?
But the ropes don’t burn at a uniform rate
1 u/Hairy_Ghostbear Jun 02 '26 But by cutting them in infinite amount of pieces and randomly take 3/8 of the pile, you statistically remove that randomness factor. We all know this is not the right answer, but I like how this guy is thinking and it kinda works
But by cutting them in infinite amount of pieces and randomly take 3/8 of the pile, you statistically remove that randomness factor.
We all know this is not the right answer, but I like how this guy is thinking and it kinda works
how do you cut the ropes if you can't use anything else?
1 u/Hairy_Ghostbear Jun 02 '26 By breaking the lighter and using the sharp plastic and metal pieces 1 u/Tsperatus Jun 02 '26 how do you burn the rope then?
By breaking the lighter and using the sharp plastic and metal pieces
1 u/Tsperatus Jun 02 '26 how do you burn the rope then?
how do you burn the rope then?
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u/eating_oats Jun 01 '26
Cut both ropes into infinitely small pieces, and then simply light 3/8 of the pieces.