document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1175308>Question 1175308</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A nursery is planting seedlings in a plot that is 10 feet by 14 feet. How many seedlings will fit if each seedling is in a 1-foot square peat pot and each peat pot needs to be planted 3 feet apart from another? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The maximum number of seedlings will be fitted in the plot if you start with a pot in one corner.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of feet in a row of n seedlings, with a seedling at each end, is 4n+1.  (n+3n = 4n feet for each seedling starting from the beginning of the row, plus 1 foot for the last seedling.)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the 14 foot direction, the maximum number of seedlings in a row is 3, because 4(3)+1=13 is less than 14 while 4(4)+1=17 is greater than 14.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Similarly in the 10 foot direction the maximum number seedlings n a row is 2.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the maximum number of seedlings is with 3 in a row in one direction and 2 in a row in the other direction, for a total of 6.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 6 seedlings<br><BR>\n" );
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