A small grill can hold two hamburgers at a time. If it takes 5 minutes to cook one side of a hamburger, what is the shortest time needed to cook both sides of five hamburgers?

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Valentina Dominguez

22 February, 19:22

A small grill can hold two hamburgers at a time. If it takes 5 minutes to cook one side of a hamburger, what is the shortest time needed to cook both sides of five hamburgers?

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Reginald Hurley · Answer 1

If you were to grill two hamburgers at the same it would take 5 minutes to grill one side of 2 hamburgers and ten minutes to grill 2 ham burgers on both sides. So 10 minutes would make two hamburgers while 20 minutes will cook 4 hamburgers than add and extra 10 minutes to cook the last hamburger on both sides.

10 minutes = 2 both side cooked hamburgers

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10 minutes = 2 both side cooked hamburgers

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an extra 10 minutes = another both side cooked hamburgers since we only need five

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30 minutes in minimal time to cook five hamburgers