You have three equal (mass and dimensions) blocks. The blocks have no marks on them and you cannot mark them. How do you measure the distance of a third of a block? Hint: Newtonian Physics.
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Anonymous2011-04-26 18:11
OP: reversed titles
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Anonymous2011-04-26 19:10
How do you measure the distance of a third of a block?
With a ruler.
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Anonymous2011-04-26 19:17
OP: You have no tools. Only your hands.
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Faggot2011-04-26 20:35
What do you mean, "the distance of a third block?"? You've already stated there are 3 blocks. Do you mean a fourth block, and if so, it's distance from/to what exactly? This question is ludicrously ambiguous
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Anonymous2011-04-26 20:36
Whoops, read that wrong
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Anonymous2011-04-26 20:39
Light one candle, then when it's extinguished light the second one at both ends
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Anonymous2011-04-27 15:42
Three blocks together, measure their length
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One block, measure its length
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Put your measured segments one block apart, and connect their endpoints with lines. Go one block away from the 1-block segment, draw a parallel and consider the segment between the lines: One third of a block in length.