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How long will it take me to finish the necklace

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Below you can see several bits of broken chain. I have been told to join up all the pieces to make a complete necklace using all twenty links.
However, it is a very fiddly job, and it takes one minute to cut one link, and two minutes to join it up again. How long will it take me to finish the necklace?

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posted Apr 13, 2014 by anonymous

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Lets give the number to the chains
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8

Make a cut in 1 and fix it between 3 & 4 (one cut is suffice)
Make a cut in 2 and fix it between 7 & 8
Cut both the rings from 5 fix one of them between 4 & 8 and another between 6 & &7
Cut one open end of the 6 and fix it with 3.

Total Cuts = 5 i.e. 5 Min
Total Joints = 5 i.e. 10 Min
Total = 15 Min

Answer: 15 Min

answer Jun 12, 2014 by Pardeep Kohli



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