SOLUTION: if it takes a man 24 hours to dig a hole, how long would it take him to dig half a hole?
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Question 602463: if it takes a man 24 hours to dig a hole, how long would it take him to dig half a hole?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It would take him half as long. So it would take him 24/2 = 12 hours to dig half a hole. This is of course assuming when you say "half a hole" you mean "half of the area of the previous hole"
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