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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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Does X signify the width of each tile?
The total area was A%5Btot%5D=6%2A5
The tile area was A%5Btile%5D=3X
Multiply the number of tiles by the area of the tile to get the total area,
30=10%283X%29
30=30X
X=1
Each tile was 1 foot wide.