Riddle: What Is The Shortest Time To Toast 3 Slices of Bread?
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A cook makes tasty toast in a small pan.
After toasting one side of a slice, he turns it over.
Each side takes 30 seconds.
The pan can only hold two slices.
What is the shortest time to toast 3 slices?
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Answer:
Lets call the 3 slices as A, B, C and their sides be 1 and 2)
So the quickest way to toast them would be as follows;
0-0.5 min … A1 B1
0.5-1 min … A2 C1
1-1.5 min … B2 C2
So the least time to toast both sides of 3 slices is 1.5 minutes or 90 seconds.