PROBLEM 262

Due to the upcoming Spring Break, this problem will remain posted for two weeks.  Play hard, play safe!
All the solutions to the Problems of the Week from last semester are now posted in the Fall 2006 archive. 

You are given two wicks (the wicks only, not as parts of candles), each of which takes one hour to burn completely and neither of which burns at a constant rate.  How can you use these wicks to determine when forty-five minutes have elapsed?

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