A long wooden block is lying there. If it takes five minutes to cut a piece of ten feet long from it , how long will it take to cut it into ten pieces of one foot each ?
It takes 5 minutes to cut 10 feet long so it takes 2 minutes to cut 1feet long. 20 minutes take to cut 10 pieces of 1 feet long...am I right? May I know your version please
There is a wooden log which measures more than ten feet . It is marked at the tenth feet and cut once. For this single cutting it takes five minutes. When this measured piece is cut at nine points , namely, first foot, second foot, ...... and ninth foot , LEAVING THE TWO ENDS , we have to make nine cuttings, each taking five minutes . Hence 9×5=45 minutes. (By the way , pl. check your calculation of five minutes for ten feet ).
I never thought you took every piece as 1 foot with in 10 feet......anyways you are right in your way ...