Okay this is pretty hard to explain, but I'll try to as best as I can. This isn't for homework or anything, I just can't figure out how to do the math for this
So let's say I have a 99 x 99 plot. I need to divide it equally in as many pieces as possible (preferably at least 9 blocks across), with a 1 block gap in between each piece. I just need to know how many blocks across there should be in each area.
(sorry if i explained that horribly)
This may or may not be for a Minecraft project
No problem! I understand your question. To divide a 99 x 99 plot into equal pieces with a 1-block gap in between, we can use a simple mathematical approach.
First, let's determine how many blocks are required for the gaps between pieces. Since each gap is 1 block wide, there will be one fewer gap than the number of pieces we want.
If we want at least 9 blocks across each area, then we need to divide the remaining blocks evenly among the gaps and pieces.
To find out the number of blocks in each gap, we can subtract the number of pieces minus 1 from the width or height of the plot. In this case, it would be 99 - (9 - 1) = 99 - 8 = 91.
Now, since we have 8 gaps between the 9 equal areas, we can divide the number of blocks in each gap by the number of gaps: 91 / 8 = 11.375. However, we can't have fractional blocks in Minecraft, so we need to round up to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, each gap should be 12 blocks wide.
To determine the width of each area, we subtract the total number of blocks used for gaps (8 gaps * 12 blocks per gap) from the original width: 99 - (8 * 12) = 99 - 96 = 3.
The remaining width is 3 blocks, which can be divided equally among the 9 areas: 3 / 9 = 0.3333... (repeating). Again, we must round up to the nearest whole number for Minecraft.
Hence, each area should be 1 block wide.
In summary, you should have 1 block wide areas with a 12-block gap between them on a 99 x 99 plot to achieve at least 9 blocks across each area.
Please note that this explanation assumes that the width and height of the plot are the same (a square), and it also assumes that the number of areas you want to create can be evenly divided into the available space.