A floor of a room is in the shape of square. It is to be covered with rectangular tiles that each have an area of 192 square inches. If the length of the floor is 14 feet, how many tiles are needed to cover the floor?

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Gerald Knapp

Mathematics

4 May, 04:38

A floor of a room is in the shape of square. It is to be covered with rectangular tiles that each have an area of 192 square inches. If the length of the floor is 14 feet, how many tiles are needed to cover the floor?

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Hezekiah Salinas · Answer 1

The answer is 147 first convert 14 ft. into inches 14*12=168 168*168=28225 28225:192=147

Vaughn · Answer 2

Find area of room

aera=legnth wtimes width

in a square, legnth=width

aera=legnth^2

legnth=14 feet

convert o inches

14*12=168 inches

area=168^2=28224 square inches

how many tiles will cover all of floor?

aka

how many 192 in^2 is at least 28224 (at least, because we need to cover the whole floor without gaps)

192x>28224

divide both sides by 192

x>147

147 is the number of tiles we need