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    From henhanna@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 26 17:50:46 2022
    Puzzle:
    Given two hourglasses of 4 minutes and 7 minutes,
    the task is to measure 9 minutes.


    ---------- what branch of math. is this related to ?


    (there's no point in anyone posting the Answer(s), because they are all over the Net)

    if you can think of (or know) a good variation (or a good puzzle with a similar flavor), pls let me know !

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  • From henhanna@gmail.com@21:1/5 to henh...@gmail.com on Thu Jun 16 12:27:37 2022
    On Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 5:50:47 PM UTC-7, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
    Puzzle:
    Given two hourglasses of 4 minutes and 7 minutes,
    the task is to measure 9 minutes.


    ---------- what branch of math. (maths) is this related to ?

    it seems like super-simple Galois theory.



    (there's no point in anyone posting the Answer(s), because they are all over the Net)

    if you can think of (or know) a good variation (or a good puzzle with a similar flavor), pls let me know !


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