SOLUTION: 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.
How many sto
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.
How many stones are needed for the path? Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathLover1:Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source):
Divide 2 = meters by meters. You will get
= = = 11 = 11.
It means that 12 square stones is enough (and even more than enough) for the path,
while 11 square stones are not enough.
From it, made your own conclusion.
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In my solution, I used the info about 1/4 meters as the size of each side of a square stone.
@MathLover1 interprets the problem as if there are TWO paths to pave.
