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Posted by tom on June 28, 2002 at 11:44:47:
In Reply to: Re: bolts along length of rectange posted by BoilingMan on June 28, 2002 at 10:49:41:
: : : a rectangle has a length of 100 inches and a width of 50 inches. There will be a bolt at each corner and then a bolt spaced every ten inches in both of the 100 inch sides. How many bolts will there be total?
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: What it is? A joke?
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No, not a joke . A legitimate question. I'm looking for methods used out there to solve it aside from drawing and taking physical measurement. Could you elaborate a little on how you arrived at the answer? Thank you, tom