SOLUTION: A rectangular room is 360 cm long and 336 cm wide. Its floor has to be covered with square tiles. What is the length of the largest tile that can be used?

Question 852702: A rectangular room is 360 cm long and 336 cm wide. Its floor has to be covered with square tiles. What is the length of the largest tile that can be used?
Answer by dkppathak(439) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
area of rectangular room =360x336 square cm
this area to be covered by using square tiles
let side of tile is x cm
area of tiles =x^2
x^2=360x336
x=square root of 360x336
x= square root of 121960
x=349.2 cm
length of largest tiles can be used =349.2 cm
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