Old Brain Teaser: 10 Men & 10 Holes

[cubed]

old brain teaser...

I don't know how old it its but it's old.

Ok...

If six men can dig six holes in six minutes then,
how many minutes will it take for ten men to dig ten holes?

 

[Huckleberry]

6 minutes??

 

[The Bob]

-- Removed --

I would agree.

The Bob (2004 ©)

 

[<<<GUILLE>>>]

That's obvious. but the first thing ojne things of, at the very streinght begining, just after reading it, is that it is bigger, and you have to multiply sometihng or whatever.

If someone doesn't get the answer, please, go kill yourself. for the sake of everyone.

 

[mapper]

um... 4 minutes? :)

 

[ArielGenesis]

that's obvious, Huckleberry got it. 1 man dig 1 hole in 6 min

 

[quark]

(10men/6men)x(6holes/10holes)x6minutes

...but where is the puzzle? :zzz:

 

[tormund]

either they could dig the holes and waste that long amount of time and people, or rent a tractor and do it with less people in less time.
tor

Exercise hard, eat right, die anyway.

 

[protonchain]

If 1/10 of those men is a construction site manager, then he has access to industrial diggers. So he could then reserve one of the diggers and get one of the other 9 men to finish digging the holes which would take about 4-5 minutes.

 

[T.S.Morgan]

If ir was Cal Trans , 1 man would dig and the other 5 would lean on their shovels.

 

[kashiark]

6 minutes