SOLUTION: please help me !!! Use the five steps for problem solving to answer the following question. Please show all of your work. Sam has no more than $250 to spend on ceramic tile f

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Question 442898: please help me !!!
Use the five steps for problem solving to answer the following question. Please show all of your work.
Sam has no more than $250 to spend on ceramic tile for his foyer. The rectangular floor in his foyer is 5 ft. by 8 ft. What can he spend per sq. ft. on ceramic tile?
Found 2 solutions by swincher4391, richard1234:
Answer by swincher4391(1107) About Me  (Show Source):
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You have a rectangular floor. How do we find how many tiles are on this floor? Let's find the area.
5%2A8+=+40
So we have 40 tiles.
If we have $250 to spend for the entire job, then we have 250%2F40+=+6%2A+expr%281%2F4%29+=+6.25
Then we have $6.25 to spend per floor.
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Check: 40 * 6.25 = 250
Hope this helps!

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of the floor is (5 ft)(8 ft) = 40 sq ft.

Because Sam does not want to spend more than $250, we set up an inequality,







Thus, the largest amount per square foot Sam can spend is $6.25 per sq ft.