In a garden, 26 trees are planted at equal distances along a yard 500 metres long, one tree being at each end of the yard. What is the distance between two consecutive trees?  Pick:
A) 20
B) 8
C) 12
D) 14
E) 16
26 trees have 25 gaps between them.   Length of each gap = 500/25= 
<gadget id="calculator">500/25</gadget>
<output>20</output>
20   i.e., distance between two consecutive trees= 20   20nswer is 20.
<result>A</result>
In a garden, 26 trees are planted at equal distances along a yard 500 metres long, one tree being at each end of the yard. What is the distance between two consecutive trees?