How many plants can a gardener plant in a 25m^2 garden, when the plants must have a spacing of 0.2m?

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fibonaccichick666 · Answer

so, draw a picture to start

doc.brown · Answer

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doc.brown · Answer

Is it 25m^2 = 5m * 5m
5m/0.2m = 25 plants
Last plant doesn't count because you can't plant on the last edge.
So 24*24 = 576?

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

that sounds about right, the only thing I am concerned about is 1, the shape of the plants and garden, 2 in your pic, you should draw a square not a circle

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

my other quandary is if the plants need .2 from the edge of the patch as well

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

but, the last plant doesn't count, I disagree

doc.brown · Answer

Yes, they need a 0.2 space from anything, edge or plant

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

ok, so, that means we don't actually have(assuming the garden is a square) a 5m side. we have to remove that edge distance which

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

note, that if you would draw in all of the squares, the plants would fall on the end pts of the square,

anonymous · Answer

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