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Tree planting exercise (Posted on 2006-10-21) Difficulty: 3 of 5
How can you plant seven straight rows of trees with six trees per row such that twenty-one trees are planted in total?

How can you plant nine straight rows of trees with three trees per row such that nine trees are planted in total?

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re: part 1 | Comment 4 of 11 |
(In reply to part 1 by Charlie)

This is somewhat reminiscent of JLo's Cutting Planes with Polygons.

We simply have to have all 7 lines intersect with every other one ensuring that only two lines intersect at a point.



  Posted by brianjn on 2006-10-21 21:51:01

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