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A farmer wants to plant trees around the outside boundaries of his rectangular field with dimensions of 650 meters 780 meters. Each tree requires 5 meters of free space all around it from the stem. How many trees can he plant?

  • A. 572
  • B. 568
  • C. 286
  • D. 282
Correct Answer: C

Rationale: To determine the number of trees, reduce the field dimensions by 10 meters (5 meters of space on each side). The effective area is 640 meters 770 meters. Each tree occupies 10 meters 10 meters. Dividing the effective area by the space for each tree gives: (640 770) · (10 10) = 286 trees. Choice A, B, and D are incorrect because they do not consider the reduction in field dimensions and the space required for each tree.