"Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Consider the distance between each paid of consecutive poles. The sum of > the distances must add up to the distance from the first to the last, and > if there are two fixed poles plus five in between, there are five > distances.
No there are six distances - the fifth pole has to fit in the same hole as the last fixed one for there to be five. - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list