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erome is planning on tiling his bathroom floor with square tiles measuring 8 inches on each side. The bathroom measures 13 feet by 8 feet.a) What is the area of the floor, in square feet? _________square feetb) Convert this area to square inches.______ square inchesc) How many 8 inch square tiles will Jerome need to cover the floor? _____tiles

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Given

Side of Square tiles = 8 inches

Length of bathroom = 13 feet

Breadth of bathroom = 8 feet

Find

a) area of the floor

b) Convert this area to square inches.

c) Number of tiles to cover the floor

Explanation

a) Area of floor is given by

[tex]\begin{gathered} l\times b \\ 13\times8 \\ 104ft^2 \end{gathered}[/tex]

b) as we know ,

1 square foot = 144 square inches .

so , 104 square feet = 144 * 104 = 14976 square inches

c) to find the number of tiles ,

we first find the area of 1 tile

area of tile = side * side = 8 * 8 = 64 square inches

so , number of tiles = area of floor / area of 1 tile.

hence ,

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{14976}{64} \\ 234 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Final Answer

Hence ,

a) area of the floor is 104 square feet.

b) area of the floor is 14976 square inches.

c) Number of tiles required to cover the floor is 234 tiles

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