Random Noise #10 : New Math

Solving Problems in the New Math

Generations of schoolkids have been puzzled by this problem:

If it takes 10 workers 10 days to fill in a hole,
how many days does it take 5 workers to fill in 1/2 a hole?

Walsall Housing Group in the UK thought they had the definitive answer,
but it didn't stand up to the scrutiny of peer review.

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By Patrick Lockerby in The Chatter Box on .

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