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Question
You are given a 60 inch long ribbon, and you are instructed to cut 601 inch long strips out of this ribbon. The time taken to cut one strip is one second. So how long will it take to cut 60 strips?
Options
1 minute and 1 second
1 minute
59 seconds
30 seconds
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Solution
59 seconds
Explanation:
59 seconds will it take to cut 60 strips.
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