document.write( "Question 549001: A nursery is planting seedlings in a plot 10' buy 14'. How many seedlings will fit if each seedling is in a 1' square pot and each pot needs to be planted 3 feet appart from another. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #359363 by JBarnum(2146)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! this is much easier to solve by drawing it\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "my attempt is below \n" ); document.write( "best to do this on graph paper or excel spreadsheet \n" ); document.write( "outline rectangle 14 boxes accross and 10 boxes down each box is 1' by 1' \n" ); document.write( "start with putting seed pot in upper left corner skip 3 boxes put another seed skip 3 boxes and so on \n" ); document.write( "0=seeds []=empty foot square \n" ); document.write( "|0[ ][ ][ ] 0[ ][ ][ ] 0[ ][ ][ ] 0 [ ] \n" ); document.write( "[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] \n" ); document.write( "[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] \n" ); document.write( "[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] \n" ); document.write( "|0[ ][ ][ ] 0[ ][ ][ ] 0[ ][ ][ ] 0 [ ] \n" ); document.write( "[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] \n" ); document.write( "[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] \n" ); document.write( "[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] \n" ); document.write( "|0[ ][ ][ ] 0[ ][ ][ ] 0[ ][ ][ ] 0 [ ] \n" ); document.write( "[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "mine came out with a foot left over between 2 sides and the plants so basically if we were to shift the whole set of seeds diagonally down to the right a bit we could make an even 6 inch space between the pots and the sides of the walls \n" ); document.write( "hopefully the above diagram helps you see it enough to draw your own \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |