SOLUTION: Describe in owrds how to find the number of border tiles for any garden length? and Write an expression that represents your method for finding the number of border tiles, gi

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Question 484539: Describe in owrds how to find the number of border tiles for any garden length?
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Write an expression that represents your method for finding the number of border tiles, given the garden length?

Answer by chessace(471) About Me  (Show Source):
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A.
Measure garden length.
Measure tile length.
Divide garden length by tile length, round up any remainder to next whole number
That is your tile count needed.
B.
T=Ceiling(G/B)
i.e., smallest interger >= G / B