Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/15 - Sawing Logs

Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $15$

Sawing Logs

"Your charge," said Mr. Grigsby, "was $30$ shillings for sawing up $3$ cords of wood made up of logs $3$ feet long,

each log to be cut into pieces $1$ foot in length."

"That is so," the man replied.

"Well, here are $4$ cords of logs, all of the same thickness as before,

only they are in $6$-feet lengths, instead of $3$ feet.

What will your charge be for cutting them all up into similar $1$-foot lengths?"

It is curious that they could not at once agree as to the fair price for the job.

What does the reader think the charge ought to be?

Sources

• 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $15$. -- Sawing Logs