Medium difficulty brain teasers and puzzles
Try to place five points in (or on the perimeter of) an equilateral triangle with side length 10, as to maximize the distance between the points.
What is the greatest possible distance between the two closest points?
Continue reading “Five’s a Crowd”You have two lengths of rope that take exactly 60 minutes to burn. The ropes burn unevenly so if you cut the rope in half, burning a half will not necessarily take 30 minutes.
How do you precisely measure 45 minutes using these two ropes?
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