SOLUTION: Mary put new tiles on her kitchen floor. The floor measures 6 feet long by 5 feet wide. She uses 10 tiles to cover the entire floor. Each tile was 3 feet long. Write an equation us

Question 1052601: Mary put new tiles on her kitchen floor. The floor measures 6 feet long by 5 feet wide. She uses 10 tiles to cover the entire floor. Each tile was 3 feet long. Write an equation using the variable X to model this situation. What does X represent in the equation?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Does X signify the width of each tile?
The total area was
The tile area was
Multiply the number of tiles by the area of the tile to get the total area,

Each tile was 1 foot wide.

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