A square garden is 12 feet long on each side. Janet needs to put a post at each corner. She also needs to put one every 3 feet o

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bekas [8.4K]

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A square garden is 12 feet long on each side. Janet needs to put a post at each corner. She also needs to put one every 3 feet o

n each side. How many posts does Janet need.

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adelina 88 [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-23T18:16:35+03:00

adelina 88 [10]3 years ago

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12ft = 4 posts
4 x 4
=16 - 4
= 12
There is 4 post on each side but there is an overlap so you must take off 4 so there is no overlap
Therefore there are 12 posts