In a new housing development, trees are to be planted along the sidewalk of a certain street. Each tree takes up one square foot of sidewalk space, and there are to be 10 feet between each tree. How many trees can be planted if the road is 166 feet long? Choose the most appropriate option
A) 8 B) 9 C) 10 D) 11 E) 16
Let T be the number of trees. Then the length required for trees on the sidewalk will be 1*T= T   To maximize the number of trees, the number of 10 feet spaces between trees should be 1 less than total number of trees.   For example, If there are 3 trees, then there should be 2 spaces between them.   So the number of 10 feet spaces will be T-1. Then, the length of sidewalk required for 10 feet spaces will be 10*(T-1)   It is given that total lenght of sidewalk is 166 feet.   or 10(T-1)+T = 166   or 10T-10+T = 166   or T=16   Answer:- 16
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In a new housing development, trees are to be planted along the sidewalk of a certain street. Each tree takes up one square foot of sidewalk space, and there are to be 10 feet between each tree. How many trees can be planted if the road is 166 feet long?