SOLUTION: A large rectangular gymnasium floor is covered with unit square tiles, most of them blank, in the pattern shown in the diagram below. Find the fraction of tiles that are not blank?

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Question 1177012: A large rectangular gymnasium floor is covered with unit square tiles, most of them blank, in the pattern shown in the diagram below. Find the fraction of tiles that are not blank?
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Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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there is 6 rows and 13 columns
so, total number of unit square tiles is 6%2A13=78
there are 12 tiles that are not blank

the fraction of tiles that are not blank is 12%2F78=2%2F13