try a brainteaser....boiling eggs?

Question

Suppose you want to cook an egg for exactly 3 minutes. You have only a 5 minute hourglass timer and a 2 minute hourglass timer. Using these 2 timers, how can you boil the egg for exactly 3 minutes?

Tip both timers over at the same time. When the 2 minute timer runs out, drop the eggs in and cook them until the 5 minute timer runs out!

Answer 1

yes...Start the five minute and two minute timers, when the two minute timer is up, you have exactly three minutes left on your five minute timer...

Answer 2

What you do is start both timers at the same time, and when the 2 minute timer runs out, you start your egg and cook it until the 5 minute timer runs out.

Answer 3

you need to turn both timers over at same time and once your two minute timer runs out put your eggs in the boiling water for the remaining three minutes on the five minute timer

Answer 4

Start both timers simultaneously, when the 2 minute timer finishes, put the egg in. Then take it out when the 5 minute timer finishes.

Answer 5

Start both the timers.

As soon as the 2 timer runs out then you put the egg in the boiler and wait for the 5 timer to run out!

Answer 6

Use the two minute timer to figure out when there are three minutes on the hour glass (flip them bot at the same time), right when the two minute glass is done, put the egg in the boiling water

Answer 7

start them both at the same time and boil the eggs when the 2 minute timer runs out..

Answer 8

Start both timers running at the same time.
Put the egg in the water when the two-minute timer runs out.
Take it out when the five-minute timer runs out.

Answer 9

yeaa... start both at th same time.. wait until the 2 minute one ends then u cook the egg until the other ends.

Answer 10

Chocolate. Happy Easter =)