Question

A logger is spending his afternoon splitting logs for firewood. He can split 11 logs in a hour. If he already has 12 logs split, how many hours can he split 40 logs?

Answer 1

If it is 40 total then:

about 3 more hours

Exact answer:

2.545454... hours

If it is 40 more:

about 4 hours

Exact answer:

3.63636363... hours

Answer 2

• 3 hours

• 11 hours

• 12 hours

Explanation:

Check with substitution in the inequality: 12 + 11h > 40