If five machines take five minutes to make five widgets, how long does it take one hundred machines to make one hundred widgets?
5 minutes
Each machine takes 5 minutes to make one widget. If you have 100 machines running simultaneously, they will each make one widget in that same 5-minute window.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
Difficulty: Medium. More like this: Logic riddles with answers or try Einstein's Logic Grid for a different kind of puzzle.
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