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vamosrope14
14,932 PointsWhy does it make sense to multiply the number of items by the gutter value,as if they are linearly dependent?
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Steven Parker
230,274 PointsThere's gutter space around each of the items, so the total space taken up by the gutters is the space of one multiplied by the number of items.
vamosrope14
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Steven Parker
230,274 PointsSteven Parker
230,274 PointsThe video example uses
$gutterto represent one side, then converts it to percent and multiplies it by 2 to get$g-pctwhich represents both sides. That's the value that is multiplied by$items.