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It's actually one and a third. 1.333r

well there are rings and there are riiiiiiiiings

Absolutely right. How long is a piece of ring??? Ha ha.

Hi mamya,
I think your point means that a sensible answer cannot be decided - the original interval does not distinguish between rings and time between rings.

Plus he could nip out for sarnies at 3 and be late back.

if you start timing on the 1st ring, the next 3 rings (a total of 4 rings) take 1 second each.
i'd go for 11 seconds.??

Are you starting timing on the start or the finish of the first ring? I agree if it's the finish, but the duration should surely be counted from the start, in which case you still have the problem of how long the ring lasts for.

Thanks everyone for your input ,it certainly is a poser.

the duration of the ring is irrelevant (in the Quasimodo example).
it takes himthree seconds to do it.

The duration is made up of rings and intervals between rings. If you start timing at the end of a ring, you are timing an equal number of rings and intervals, so you can do a valid calculation. However if you start timing at the beginning of a ring, you will include one more ring than interval, and that throws all calculations out!