SOLUTION: Mr. barnes is a lumberjack. using his power saw, he can cut a long into 5 pieces in 6 minutes. How long would it take him to cut the log in to 7 pieces?

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Question 340150: Mr. barnes is a lumberjack. using his power saw, he can cut a long into 5 pieces in 6 minutes. How long would it take him to cut the log in to 7 pieces?
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Mr. barnes is a lumberjack.
using his power saw, he can cut a log into 5 pieces in 6 minutes.
How long would it take him to cut the log in to 7 pieces?
:
Find out how long to cut 1 piece, multiply by 7
;
6%2F5 * 7 = 8.4 min