SOLUTION: An old-fashioned toaster will toast two slices of bread at once, but it can only toast one side of each slice of bread at a time. You like each side toasted for exactly one minute.

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Question 79294: An old-fashioned toaster will toast two slices of bread at once, but it can only toast one side of each slice of bread at a time. You like each side toasted for exactly one minute. How can you toast three slices of bread in three minutes?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20086) About Me  (Show Source):
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An old-fashioned toaster will toast 
two slices of bread at once, but it 
can only toast one side of each slice 
of bread at a time. You like each side 
toasted for exactly one minute. How 
can you toast three slices of bread in 
three minutes?

Call the three slices of bread A, B, and C.

1. During the first minute, toast one side 
   of A and one side of B.
2. During the second minute, toast the other 
   side of A and one side of C.
3. During the third minute, toast the other 
   side of B and the other side of C.

Edwin