SOLUTION: If I put up a link fence along the highway,and for every 5feet of fencing I need to put up a post to hold up the fence. If I put up 50 feet of fence, will I need a total of 11 fenc
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Question 987188: If I put up a link fence along the highway,and for every 5feet of fencing I need to put up a post to hold up the fence. If I put up 50 feet of fence, will I need a total of 11 fence posts?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If I put up a link fence along the highway,and for every 5feet of fencing I need too put up a post to hold up the fence. If I put up 50 feet of fence, will I need a total of 11 fence posts?
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Yes, 11 will do it.
Count them and see. The circles represent the fence posts
are there are 10 spans of 5' totaling 50'.
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Edwin