Bunuel wrote:
It takes 6 beavers 10 hours to build a certain dam, working at a uniform rate. If six beavers start to build the same dam at noon, and one beaver per hour is added beginning at 6:00 PM, at what time will the dam be complete?
A. 7:40 PM
B. 8:00 PM
C. 8:20 PM
D. 8:40 PM
E. 9:00 PM
If 6 beavers build a dam in 10 hours, the rate of 6 beavers is 1/10 of a dam per hour and the rate of 1 beaver is (1/10)/6 = 1/60 of a dam per hour.
If 6 beavers start to build a dam at noon, by 6 PM, they will
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