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Maths Puzzle
Numerical Ability
There are two sand-glass timers.One of them takes 7 minutes for
sand to filter through and the other takes 11 minutes.How will you
use the two sand glass timers to measure 15 minutes of time?
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- 1st of all start both timer at same time
when 1st (7 min) timer over than 1st and 2nd timer both will change (cover 7 min)
and than 2nd (11 min) timer has to change (cover 4 min)
after completing 2nd, 1st time has to change,(cover 4 min) (total=7+4+4=15 min) - 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(0)
- Let both the sand glass filter at the same time.....after 7mins reverse the 7mins glass until 11mins glass in filtered..n after 11mins glass is filtered completely keep it aside and reverse the 7mins glass..15mins are measured.
- 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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