In a garden, 26 trees are planted at equal distances along a yard 300 metres long, one tree being at...

In a garden, 26 trees are planted at equal distances along a yard 300 metres long, one tree being at each end of the yard. What is the distance between two consecutive trees?

Quiz

Answer/Solution

12

Steps/Work

26 trees have 25 gaps between them.
Length of each gap = 300/25 = 12
i.e., distance between two consecutive trees = 12
Answer is C.

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In a garden, trees are planted at equal distances along a yard metres long, one tree being at each end of the yard. What is the distance between two consecutive trees?

Calculated Answer

12

Step by Step Solution

In order to solve problem, you must evaluate n1 / (n0 - 1).

n0 =26
n1 =300