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Eggalicious (Posted on 2002-07-05)

You have to boil a single egg for exactly nine minutes.

All you have are two hourglasses, able to measure (in sand) seven and four minutes, respectively.

How quickly, using only these two hourglasses, can you boil an egg?

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Maybe there was one turn too many

Posted by Dulanjana on 2002-07-08 06:02:24

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