You have two strings and a lighter. Both strings burn for exactly 1 hour and 20 minutes once lit on one end. It's important to note that they don't burn steadily at the same rate, so you can't cut one in half in order to obtain two pieces that burn out in 40 minutes each...


How can you use these

burning strings to mark

the passing of exactly one

hour?



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