SOLUTION: If it takes 2 men 2 hours to dig a hole 3 foot long, 3 foot wide, 3 foot deep. How long, working at the same pace, would it take to dig a hole 6 foot long, 6 foot wide, 6 foot deep
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Question 908550: If it takes 2 men 2 hours to dig a hole 3 foot long, 3 foot wide, 3 foot deep. How long, working at the same pace, would it take to dig a hole 6 foot long, 6 foot wide, 6 foot deep?
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The bigger hole is 2 times longer, 2 times wider, and 2 times deeper. 2 times 2 times 2 is 8. So the volume of the bigger hole is 8 times greater than the volume of the smaller hole. It would take 8 times longer, or 2 men 16 hours.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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