document.write( "Question 236109: A square tile floor has 29 square tiles along the two main diagonals. How many square tiles in the entire floor?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let the side length of each tile be 'a'
\n" ); document.write( "Since all the tiles are square,
\n" ); document.write( "Diagonal length of each tile = \"sqrt%282%29%2Aa\"
\n" ); document.write( "So the diagonal length of the entire floor = \"29%2Asqrt%282%29%2Aa\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let x be the side length of the entire floor.
\n" ); document.write( "So the diagonal length of entire floor in terms of x = \"sqrt%282%29%2Ax\"
\n" ); document.write( "==> \"sqrt%282%29%2Ax\" = \"29%2Asqrt%282%29%2Aa\"
\n" ); document.write( "==> \"x\" = \"29%2Aa\"
\n" ); document.write( "So the number of tiles = \"%2829%2Aa%29%2Fa\" = 29.
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