How many hosts do you need for a router according to the picture and why?

Question

Computer networks

I'm sorry, for A, B, C, the number of fires is clear, this is the number of nodes, but why should a separate subsystem be allocated for communication between routers. How many hosts does router D have, 3 others plus the internet.

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