document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=6878>Question 6878</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you please help me with this?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose 240 square tiles, each 25 cm on a side, are needed to cover a rectangular floor.  The floor is 5 meters long.  How wide is the floor? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #3784 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=glabow><B>glabow(165)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=glabow><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=3784\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let's get everything in meters. A tile is .25 meters on a side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many tiles would it take to make one strip of tiles 5 meters long?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hint: it takes 4 tiles to cover a meter. To cover 5 meters would take ....?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's call the number of tiles used in a strip \"x.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next, how many stips of 5 meters do we have to cover the floor? However many there are, the total number of tiles used is 240. The total number of tiles in each strip with length 5 meters is x. We have 240/x strips!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now, how wide is each strip? .25 meters because they are square tiles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So if we divide the number of strips we have that are .25 meters wide by 4, we have calculated how many strips we have that are a meter wide. And that's how wide the floor is!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Numerically,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 / .25 = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240/20 = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 / 4 = 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you follow all this you would say the floor is 5 x 3 meters.   </SPAN>\n" );
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