PLEASE HELP I DONT KNOW THE ANSWER!
Riddle: You wake up in a room with only one door and no windows. On the ground is two specially made peices of string, a candle and a piece of paper. The string are at different lengths but both take exactly 60 minutes to burn. On the piece of paper is says that the door nob is electrified and cannot be touched. It also says that at 60 min the sprinkler will turn on,and u will eventually drown. It also says that at 45 minutes the power will turn off and you can open the door. But it only turns of for 5 seconds. With no way to tell if it's been 45 minutes or not, how do you successfully escape the room.
Ps( folding and cutting the pieces of string will have no effect on the time it will burn)
To successfully escape the room, follow these steps:
1. Light both ends of the first piece of string and wait for it to burn completely. This will take 30 minutes.
2. At the same time, light one end of the second piece of string. This will burn for 30 minutes.
3. When the first piece of string is completely burnt after 30 minutes, light the other end of the second piece of string.
4. Now, the second piece of string still has 30 minutes left to burn, but this time it will only take 15 minutes because you are burning it from both ends.
5. When the second piece of string is completely burnt after 15 minutes, a total of 45 minutes have passed since you lit the first string.
6. At this point, the power will turn off for 5 seconds, as mentioned in the riddle.
7. Quickly open the door during this 5-second window of opportunity before the sprinkler turns on at the 60-minute mark.
8. You have successfully escaped the room without touching the electrified doorknob.
Note: By using the different burn rates of the two strings, you can effectively measure 45 minutes without relying on an accurate timepiece.
To successfully escape the room, you can follow these steps:
1. Light both ends of the first string and let it burn. It will take exactly 30 minutes for it to burn completely.
2. While the first string is burning, light one end of the second string and let it burn. It will take exactly 15 minutes for it to burn completely.
3. At the end of the first 30 minutes (when the first string has completely burnt), the second string will have 30 minutes left to burn.
4. At this point, both ends of the second string will be burning. Light the other end of the second string. This will cause the remaining 30 minutes of the second string to burn in half the time, which is 7.5 minutes.
5. When the second string completely burns (after the 15 minutes), it means a total of 37.5 minutes have passed (30 minutes of the first string burning and 7.5 minutes of the second string burning).
6. At this point, go to the door and wait. When the power turns off after 45 minutes, quickly open the door within the 5-second timeframe.
7. Congratulations! You have successfully escaped the room within the limited time frame.
The key to solving this riddle is to leverage the different burning rates of the two strings. By lighting both strings at different times, you can measure the passage of time and determine when to open the door within the small window of opportunity.