document.write( "Question 1171: a professional gardner was asked to plant 10 trees in the backyard of a wealthy client. The problem was that the trees must be planted in 5 rows each containing 4 trees. How does the gardener do it? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #354 by khwang(438)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The trees should be as five star shape,but it is hard to draw there.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " You can try to draw a regular pentagon(say ABCDE) and then connecting the 5 \n" ); document.write( " diagonals(5 rows) AC, AD, BE,BD, and CE to form the star. Plant the 10 trees \n" ); document.write( " at the 5 vertices A,B,C,D,E and the 5 intersections points of diagonals. \n" ); document.write( " Andyou can see there are 4 trees on each of the diagonal row.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " A \n" ); document.write( " B E\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " C D \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |