2003 AMC 12B Problem 4
Moe uses a mower to cut his rectangular -foot by -foot lawn. The swath he cuts is inches wide, but he overlaps each cut by inches to make sure that no grass is missed. He walks at the rate of feet per hour while pushing the mower. Which of the following is closest to the number of hours it will take Moe to mow his lawn?
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Solution
Because of the overlap, each pass adds a strip inches feet wide. So each foot Moe walks mows square feet, that is, square feet per hour.
The lawn has area square feet, so the time is hours.
Thus, the correct answer is C.