Franklin has two tasks to complete. He must clean the stables and he must water the horses. He notices that the pitchfork he would use to clean the stables is missing a prong, which will take 30 minutes to fix, at a minimum. If both tasks are equally important, which task should Franklin complete first?

Franklin cannot clean the stables until he fixes the pitchfork, and that repair will take at least 30 minutes. Since the two tasks are equally important, he should use the waiting time productively by watering the horses first. The correct choice is “He should water the horses first.”

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