This Caused A Lot Of Head Scratching When I Mentioned It In The Club Recently..

[ToraToraTora]

If it takes 100 men 100 hours to make 100 widgets, how long does it take to make a single widget?

[jim360]

still 100 hours, I expect.

[bhg481]

100 hours

[Jackdaw33]

100 hours.

[jim360]

Although actually the question is slightly ambiguous because it's not clear whether or not a widget is built by an individual or by a group of people. 100 hours would be true if each man worked alone; if they all had to work together to produce a widget then it would be 1 hour/widget; if, say, 10 people worked on making one widget then it would be 10 hours, and so on.

[ToraToraTora]

yes the assumption is that 1 man makes 1 widget. It's amazing how many people just can't get their head round it.

[Jackdaw33]

Then the question should have been rephrased to ask, "How long would it take ONE man to make a widget?"

[Old_Geezer]

Did they all have to time-share the widget jig ?

[trt]

Whats a widget?

[bhg481]

It's a very complicated thing that takes 100 hours to make.

[Peter Pedant]

jim - you did 6 y at uni -
to answer this !

clearly you are under utilised

[mibn2cweus]

Is that 100 men each . . . or all together?

[Tilly2]

Are they on piece work?

[jim360]

Watch this space, PP...

[Zacs-Master]

If the unions were involved, it would probably take 200 hours and the cost would double.

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah they were scratching their heads over

100 h in total between them

and 100 each

[AndiFlatland]

trt -
Surely a widget is a baby widgeon?