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89squares each have sides of 5cm are placed on a floor 186cm wide and 207cm long, how many full squares are used and how many are cut and how many are not used

 Mar 18, 2016

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Well...you have one problem here.....

 

The total floor area = 186 * 207 = 38,502 cm^2

 

But.....the total area of the tiles = 89 * 5 * 5   = only 2225 cm^2

 

So.....you don't have enough tiles to cover the area no matter how they are arranged

 

 

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 Mar 18, 2016
 #1
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Best Answer

Well...you have one problem here.....

 

The total floor area = 186 * 207 = 38,502 cm^2

 

But.....the total area of the tiles = 89 * 5 * 5   = only 2225 cm^2

 

So.....you don't have enough tiles to cover the area no matter how they are arranged

 

 

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CPhill Mar 18, 2016
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but 89 squares each have sides of 5cm are placed on a floor 18.6cm wide and 20.7cm long, how many full squares are used and how many are cut and how many are not used

i get floor area to be 385.02cm squared

 Mar 18, 2016
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There weren't any decimals in the "186" and "207"  of your original question !!!!!

 

Assuming that the 18.6 is the width and the 20.7 is the length

 

First.....we would have 4 rows of 3 tiles each in a row  = 12 tiles  = 300 cm^2

 

Then....we could tack a tile on the end of each row that had cut width of [ 18.6 - 15] = 3.6cm

Thus 4 tiles would be cut, each having a width of 3.6cm and a length of 5cm

And the total area of these = 4 * 3.6 * 5 = 72cm^2

 

And, at the bottom.....we would have 3 more cut tiles each having a width of 5 cm  and a cut length of .7cm.......and the total area of these = 3* 5 * .7 = 10.5 cm^2

 

Finally....there is one tile remaining at a corner that has a cut width and length of  3.6cm by .7 cm = 2.52 cm^2

 

So....the total area covered  = 300 + 72 + 10.5 + 2.52  = 385.02 cm^2

 

And we would use 12 whole tiles plus  [4 + 3 + 1]  = 8 cut tiles

 

So 20 tiles are used and 89 - 20   = 69 are not

 

 

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 Mar 18, 2016

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