Question

A sword does 14 points of damage each second. An axe does 25 points of damage every 3 seconds. Which weapon will do more damage over the course of a minute?

Answer 1

Sword

Explanation:

A sword does 14 points of damage each second. An axe does 25 points of damage every 3 seconds. Which weapon will do more damage over the course of a minute?

Remember there are 60 seconds per minute:

so in a minute a sword will...

14 * 60 = 840 points per minute

__________________________________

and in a minute an axe will...

25 * (60/3) = 500 points per minute

__________________________________

A sword does the most damage in a minute.