Re: [math-fun] Buried Cable problem

I think you need to define this more clearly. How does the time to, say, connect three wires together compare to the time to connect two separate pairs? Also, one can grab a bunch of wires in each hand to see if any in one set are connected to any in the other set (at the other end). How much time does this take? Franklin T. Adams-Watters -----Original Message----- From: Jason Holt <jason@lunkwill.org> In the buried cable problem, how can we allow the technician to most quickly do the work required at each end of the cable?      -J    _______________________________________________  math-fun mailing list  math-fun@mailman.xmission.com  http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun