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Cool it fast... (Posted on 2003-04-01) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A blacksmith wishes to cool his hot piece of steel as rapidly as possible. He has a bucket of ice-water and a bucket of oil (at room temperature). Which bucket should he dump his steel into?

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Solution Duh... | Comment 11 of 21 |
Ofcourse it is going to be the oil because if it was the ice-water, it wouldn't be a very good riddle now would it?
√²³<>≤≥∞±∑π
  Posted by Charlie on 2003-11-07 22:48:10
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