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Question 59207: a farmer wants to plant 9 trees in 3 rows ,but he wants to have 4 trees in each row show how he can do this
Please answer this for me
Answer by aaaaaaaa(138) About Me  (Show Source):
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An equilateral triangle (each side is 4 trees long, of course) works fine. The way to do it is to arrange the rows such that they have 3 trees that are on two rows at the same time.