1994 AJHSME Problems/Problem 17
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Problem
Pauline Bunyan can shovel snow at the rate of 
cubic yards for the first hour, 
cubic yards for the second, 
for the third, etc., always shoveling one cubic yard less per hour than the previous hour. If her driveway is 
yards wide, 
yards long, and covered with snow 
yards deep, then the number of hours it will take her to shovel it clean is closest to
