SOLUTION: What will it cost to tile a kitchen floor that is 12 feet wide by 20 feet long if the tile cost $8.91 per square yard?

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Question 152186: What will it cost to tile a kitchen floor that is 12 feet wide by 20 feet long if the tile cost $8.91 per square yard?
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What will it cost to tile a kitchen floor that is 12 feet wide by 20 feet long if the tile cost $8.91 per square yard?
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Area of kitchen floor:
12 * 20 = 240 square feet
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Now, we have convert the above to square yard
1 sq yard per 9 square feet
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Therefore,
240/9 = 26.67 square yard
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So, the cost is:
26.67 * 8.91 = $237.60