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Friday, March 7, 2008
Math Riddle
If it takes three men three days to dig three holes, how long does it take one man to dig half a hole?
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2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Well, I know that many would say 1and a half days, but we all know that you can't dig a half a hole, so I quess I would have to say it would take the man 3 days to dig a hole. Then again how big is the hole!! Then again how fast does this person want to work and what size shovel, what kind of dirt/material are they digging in? This sounds like I am beginning to make a price quote to do a job. So if I was paying for these men to dig these whole, holes then I would give them a very big shovel so the job would be done very quickly!!!
2 comments:
Well, I know that many would say 1and a half days, but we all know that you can't dig a half a hole, so I quess I would have to say it would take the man 3 days to dig a hole. Then again how big is the hole!! Then again how fast does this person want to work and what size shovel, what kind of dirt/material are they digging in? This sounds like I am beginning to make a price quote to do a job. So if I was paying for these men to dig these whole, holes then I would give them a very big shovel so the job would be done very quickly!!!
A hole is a hole! U cant dig a half a hole!
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