What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second, the third is the sum of the first two, and the last is three times the second?
Your job is to measure 45 minutes if you have only two cords and matches to light the cords.
1. The two cords are twisted from various materials, so their different segments can burn at different rates.
2. Each cord burns from end to end in exactly one hour.