SOLUTION: A person wishes to tile a kitchen floor with square tiles 8 inches on a side. if the kitchen measures 10 ft by 12 ft,how many tiles are needed?
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Question 403330: A person wishes to tile a kitchen floor with square tiles 8 inches on a side. if the kitchen measures 10 ft by 12 ft,how many tiles are needed? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A person wishes to tile a kitchen floor with square tiles 8 inches on a side.
if the kitchen measures 10 ft by 12 ft,how many tiles are needed?
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Find the area of the floor in square inches:
10 * 12 * 144 = 17280 sq/inches
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Find the area of each tile:
8*8 = 64 sq/inches
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Find the number required = 270 tiles
