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If three men can chop down three trees in three hours, how many men will it take to chop down six trees in six hours?
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12 CHESTNUT TREES. THERE ARE 6 CHESTNUT TREES ON EACH SIDE. THE TREES ARE POSITIONED 0 YARDS, 6 YARDS, 12 YARDS, 18 YARDS, 24 YARDS AND 30 YARDS FROM THE START OF THE STREET
THE DIFFERENCE IN AGE IS STILL 23 YEARS, SO I MUST BE 23 IF MY FATHER IS TWICE AS OLD
THREE MEN. THE THREE MEN CHOP DOWN THREE TREES IN THREE HOURS. THE SAME THREE MEN CHOP DOWN THREE MORE TREES IN ANOTHER THREE HOURS. THIS GIVES A TOTAL OF SIX TREES IN SIX HOURS WITH THREE MEN
112 CHOCOLATES. YOU BUY 75 CHOCOLATES WITH $75. AFTER EATING THE 75 CHOCOLATES, YOU WILL HAVE 75 WRAPPERS. THEN EXCHANGE THE 75 WRAPPERS FOR 25 CHOCOLATES. AFTER EATING THE 25 CHOCOLATES, YOU WILL HAVE 25 WRAPPERS. EXCHANGE 24 WRAPPERS FOR 8 CHOCOLATES. YOU HAVE 8 CHOCOLATES WITH 1 WRAPPER. AFTER EATING THE 8 CHOCOLATES, YOU WILL HAVE 8 WRAPPERS. SINCE YOU ALREADY HAD 1 WRAPPER, NOW YOU WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 9 WRAPPERS. EXCHANGE THE 9 WRAPPERS FOR 3 CHOCOLATES. LASTLY EXCHANGE THE 3 WRAPPERS FOR 1 MORE CHOCOLATE. SO WITH $75, YOU GOT 112 (75 + 25 + 8 + 3 + 1) CHOCOLATES
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