document.write( "Question 1207453: Jasmine wants to build a 2 and 5/6 meters long garden path paved with square stones that measure 1/4 meter on each side. There will be no spaces between the stones.\r
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document.write( "Divide  2 =  meters by   meters.  You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  =  = 11 = 11.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that 12 square stones is enough (and even more than enough) for the path,\r\n" );
document.write( "while 11 square stones are not enough.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From it, made your own conclusion.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In my solution, I used the info about 1/4 meters as the size of each side of a square stone.\r
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