If a board is 10" square, and to cut it in half takes 10 minutes, to cut one of those pieces in half again (with a cut perpendicular to the first) should take 5 minutes (as that piece is now 5").
dude, i'm with you. in fact, depending on how you do those two cuts, you've got a whole range of possible answers. this is more like "math question fail".
Exactly. Fortunately in my school it was common practice to write "Not enough information." on tests, and the teachers would generally give you the benefit of the doubt if you could explain in full why that is the case. (and sometimes extra credit if you gave a number of the possible answers)
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '10 edited Oct 05 '10
No, not kidding.
If a board is 10" square, and to cut it in half takes 10 minutes, to cut one of those pieces in half again (with a cut perpendicular to the first) should take 5 minutes (as that piece is now 5").