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Originally Posted by
kelleyad
the question/riddle is asking how many men (plural) to eat 17 pies in 30 mins; are you saying this is unsolvable?
Not at all, it's quite easy. Hint - the rate at which a single man can consume pies is 2/3 of a pie per minute. Which means all by himself a single man can consume 20 pies in 30 minutes, and hence to finish off only 17 pies takes one man less than 30 minutes.