Friday, 1 February 2013

Question asked by most of the MNC for SAS Programmer / Analyst

Question asked by most of the MNC for SAS Programmer , Analyst
You are given two candles of equal size, which can burn 1hour each. You have to measure 45 minutes with these candles?

there are multiple answer of this question if you know any of one please comment....!
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6 comments:

  1. Unknown1 February 2013 at 03:54

    Burn the 1st candle from one side and 2nd candle from both ends simultanously , 2nd candle takes 30 mins to burn completely.once 2nd candle burnt completely then burn the 1st candle , which is already half burnt from both ends so it takes 15 min..Hence total=30+15=45 mins measured.

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    1. Anonymous1 February 2013 at 04:04

      Huy Utkarsh ,

      Correct ans thanks for the comment....

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  2. mysearch12 February 2013 at 21:14

    Do I have to use both the candles? And please provide some more questions like...these are fun

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    1. Nitin Kumar12 February 2013 at 21:30

      thanks for visiting my blog.
      I will update some more ques like this ASAP.
      and its depends on you either one or two candles to be used.
      please visit regularly for more updates or subscribe my mail from home page of blog.

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  3. Rajesh kumar2 March 2013 at 21:29

    another answer, Burn two candles one side for 30min then the 2 candles become half, then light up 2nd end of two candles it takes 15min total 30+15=45min

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  4. amit14 March 2017 at 21:42

    Candle has plate like base.dono end se kaise jalaoge

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