document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=65555>Question 65555</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0536753601/algebrahomeworkh>strategies for problem solving</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> first off i'd like to state that i've never taken algebra and am going back to school for the first time since 1976,, so please don't laugh i do know a lil about the construction stuff done it for 24 years it's the fraction stuff that gets me\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a floor is 12'6\" in width and 10'4\" in length,new tiles of 5\" on each side,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "express the area of the kitchen floor in sq.ft. as an improper fraction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "express the area of each tile in sq ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how many tiles required to tile the floor </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #46107 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=303795><B>303795(602)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=303795><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=46107\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 6\" is half of 12\" (a foot) and 4 \" is a third of 12\". so the floor is 12 and a half feet in width and 10 and a third feet in length.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To find the area multiply the length and width so<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Change each mixed numeral into an improper fraction by multiplying the whole number by the denominator (number on the bottom of the fraction) and then add the fraction part.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The tiles are 5/12 of a foot on each side. The area will be found by multiplying the width and the length together.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the number of tile required by dividing the area of one tile into the area of the floor.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite all fractions as improper fractions, invert the dividing fraction and change the sign to multiply.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "744 tiles (note this is a nice round mathematical answer but some tiles may need to be cut into pieces to fit) <BR>\n" );
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