document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=716464>Question 716464</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If fence posts are to be placed in a row 5 meters aprat, how many posts are needed for 200 meters of fencing? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Would you multiply 200 X 5 = 1000 posts? If so, why? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #439898 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=439898\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Imagine yourself installing that fence.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I would expect having to install <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > first post at one end.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After that post, there will be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a 5 meter stretch of fencing material, followed by another post, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "another 5 meter stretch of fencing material, followed by another post,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and so on, and so forth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many 5-meter stretches of fencing material followed by a post?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You are dividing a 200 meter distance into 5 meter strecthes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=200%2F5=40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"200%2F5=40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > strecthes of fencing between posts,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "each followed by a post.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > posts added to the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > post at the beginning makes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2B1=highlight%2841%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2B1=highlight%2841%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > posts.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NOTE: In a tricky problem, they may tell you that the fence will be attached to the wall of a building at each end,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so that no post is needed at either end.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In that case you would need 2 less posts, only 39 in all. </SPAN>\n" );
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