SOLUTION: A square tile floor has 29 square tiles along the two main diagonals. How many square tiles in the entire floor?
Solution:
Let the side length of each tile be 'a'
Since all th
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Question 236109: A square tile floor has 29 square tiles along the two main diagonals. How many square tiles in the entire floor?
Solution:
Let the side length of each tile be 'a'
Since all the tiles are square,
Diagonal length of each tile =
So the diagonal length of the entire floor =
Let x be the side length of the entire floor.
So the diagonal length of entire floor in terms of x =
==> =
==> =
So the number of tiles = = 29.
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