Question

The Magic Dragon has 2013 heads. Leo the Brave is cutting off the Dragon's heads at a speed of 5 heads per minute. The Dragon's heads are growing back at a speed of 2 heads per minute. How many heads will the Dragon have in an hour? How long will the "fight" last?

Answer 1

Answer:  The answer is 1833 heads  and 11 hours, 11 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that the Magic Dragon has 2013 heads. The brave Leo is cutting off the Dragon's heads at a speed of 5 heads per minute. But, the Dragon's heads are growing back at a speed of 2 heads per minute.

So, the number of heads of Dragon that are decreasing per minute = 3.

Therefore, after 1 hour, i.e., 60 minutes, The number of heads of the Dragon

= 2013 - 60 × 3 = 2013 - 180 = 1833 heads.

Now, the fight will last until all the heads of the Dragon are cut. Let the fight lasts for 'x' minutes, then

$2013-x\times 3=0\\\\\Rightarrow 3x=2013\\\\\Rightarrow x=\dfrac{2013}{3}=671.$

Hence the fight lasts for 671 minutes, i.e., 11 hours and 11 minutes.

Thus, the Dragon will have 1833 heads after 1 hour and the fight will last for 11 hour and 11 minutes.