SOLUTION: A rectangular section of wall measuring 14 feet by 6 feet will be covered with square tiles measuring 4 inches by 4 inches. Approximately how many tiles are needed to cover this se

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Question 1154851: A rectangular section of wall measuring 14 feet by 6 feet will be covered with square tiles measuring 4 inches by 4 inches. Approximately how many tiles are needed to cover this section of wall?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, mananth:
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
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Each square feet is 3*3 = 9 tiles.

So the answer is 9*14*6 tiles are needed.

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
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A rectangular section of wall measures 14 feet by 6 feet
Area of wall = 14*6 =84 ft^2
square tiles measure 4 inches by 4 inches.
=1/3 ft *1/3 ft
Area of tile = (1/3)^2 =1/9 ft^2
Number of tiles = Area of wall/area of a tile
= 84/(1/9)
=756 tiles