Question

Helen is putting up a fence in her backyard. She has a total of 150 feet of fencing to put up and needs to put up a fencing post every 6 1/2 feet. If x represents the number of posts that Helen has to use, write an equation to represent this situation.

Answer 1

24 posts I’m pretty sure

Answer 2

Answer:

x - 1 = 150/6.5    (because 150/6.5 = 23 spaces, it will need an end post.)

23 spaces needs 24 posts