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so this is a logic problem from an interview. pretty cool answer once you think about it:
So you have two blocks that are non-uniform density and all you know is they are flammable and that they each take an hour to burn. How do you measure 45 min? (non-uniform density means that when it is half way burnt it does not necessarily mean that 30 minutes have passed)