>>You have two fuses of variable lengths.
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>>Each fuse burns for exactly 1 hour.
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>>Each fuse burns unevenly. ( example 1/10th of the fuse could burn for 50 minutes and the rest of the fuse could take 10 minutes. ) You don't know until after the fuse has burned up.
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>>Make the two fuses last exactly 45 minutes.
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>Burn them for 45 minutes then turn off / unplug them.
You don't have a watch or any other way of telling time. How can you determine when 45 minutes is up?
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