Lesson Logic problems - The answer to Problem 5

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The answer to Problem 5


Below  (after the  reminder)  is the  answer  to the  Problem 5  of the lesson  Some logic problems  (the topic  Miscellaneous word problems
of the section  Word problems  in this site).
Problem 5 formulation (reminder)
It takes  15  minutes to boil an egg.
How could you boil the egg having two hourglasses that measure  7  and  11  minutes?

Answer
Start running both  11-minutes and  7-minutes hourglasses simultaneously.
When the  7-minutes hourglass emptied,  start to boil the egg.
When  11-minutes hourglass emptied, turn it over and run again.  Continue to boil the egg.
When  11-minutes hourglass emptied again,  boiling of the egg is completed.

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