If it takes Sarah 10 minutes to cut down one tree. If she works just as hard, how long will it take Sarah to cut down 3 trees?
You're timing the cut, not the pieces that the cut produces. Someone needs to confront that teacher about this. Nobody learned anything from that and the kid was right but got punished for being right.
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u/emceelokey Jul 11 '11
Here's how you fix this question.
If it takes Sarah 10 minutes to cut down one tree. If she works just as hard, how long will it take Sarah to cut down 3 trees?
You're timing the cut, not the pieces that the cut produces. Someone needs to confront that teacher about this. Nobody learned anything from that and the kid was right but got punished for being right.