The owners of the fish pond, Jane and Joachim Romez, have decided to add some additional landscaping in their backyard by planting Japanese peonies. They want to create a flowerbed along one side of their 24 yard-long

fence. They plan to start with a flowerbed that is 8 yards long and 1 foot wide and expand it later. The peony

plants need to be planted 2 feet apart.

How many peony do they need to

Purchase to fill the 8-yard-long flowerbed?