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18 September, 03:26

Tom Sawyer is painting a fence white. Each fence post is 5 inches wide and there's 3 feet of fence between each post. If there are 4 posts and the fence starts and ends with a post, how long is the fence Tom's supposed to paint?

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  1. 18 September, 03:35
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    29

    Step-by-step explanation:

    (5x4) + (3x3) = 29

    There are 4 posts that are 5 finches each.

    There are 3 feet of fence in between each post. If the fence starts and ends with a post, that means there are 3 sections in between the posts.

    5x4=20

    3x3=9

    20+9=29
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