document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=956541>Question 956541</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A floor of a large hall is in the shape of a rectangle. It is to be covered with square tiles that each have an area of 16 square feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the length of the floor is 52 yards and width is 40 yards, how many tiles are needed to cover the floor? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the length of the floor is 52 yards and width is 40 yards, how many tiles are needed to cover the floor?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The side of the square tile is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28area%29=sqrt%2816ft%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28area%29=sqrt%2816ft%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= 4 ft <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length of the floor is 52 yards=156 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The width of the floor is 40yards=120 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It will take 156ft/4ft/tile= 39 tiles for the length.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It will take 120ft/4ft/tile= 30 tiles for the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And (30)(39)=1170 tiles ANSWER: It will take 1170 tiles.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The floor is 156ft*120ft=18720 square feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18720sqft/16sqft/tile=1170 tiles.  </SPAN>\n" );
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