A trail crew is constructing a 500-ft electric fence. Fenceposts are placed every 5 feet. The location is 8 miles from theparking lot, so they must hike in everything to the site. They wantto have enough posts but not too many since they will have to carrythem back out, Leave No Trace. What is the minimum number of poststhey will need to hike in? What other consideration might the crewwant to consider? Additionally, between each post a plastic markerwill be placed warning that the fence is electrified. What is theminimum number of these they should pack in?
