187. Space objects evenly by adding “1”

[mklotz]

When I want to evenly space screws or nails in a constructed thing I mark for the first screw/nail at each end, then divide the distance between those marks instead of the entire span.

Neil

And, if you're going to put N screws between the first two, and the distance between the first two is A, you calculate the spacing, S, as...

S = A / (N + 1)

because the N screws are going to create N + 1 spaces between the first two screws.