SOLUTION: Help... If it take 10 minutes to cut a log into 3 pieces how long does it take to cut it into 4 pieces? Thanks

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Question 7022: Help... If it take 10 minutes to cut a log into 3 pieces how long does it take to cut it into 4 pieces?
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Answer by bonster(299) About Me  (Show Source):
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If it takes 10 minutes to cut 3 logs, I would first try to figure out how many minutes it would take to cut one log.
1) 10min%2F3+logs = 3.333

Since I know that it takes 3.333 minutes to cut one log, I can multiply that by 4 to figure out how long it would take to cut 4 logs:
2) %283.333min%29%284+logs%29= 13.33 minutes

It would take 13.33 minutes to cut 4 logs