SOLUTION: Please help! The Smith's Den Floor is 18FT by 51FT. They want to cover the floor with square tiles that are 9/6ft squared. Write and solve an inequality to find the least number

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Question 534032: Please help!
The Smith's Den Floor is 18FT by 51FT. They want to cover the floor with square tiles that are 9/6ft squared. Write and solve an inequality to find the least number of tiles they need to cover the floor.
Thank You~

Also, How do you write...
Twenty-four is less than five-eights of a number x
as an inequality?
TYVM.
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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(18*51)/1.5 < 612
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24 < 5/8x
24/(5/8) < x
24*8/5 < x
x > 38.4