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==Problem==
 
==Problem==
Jenica is tiling the floor of her 12 foot by 16 foot living room. She plans to place one-foot by one-foot square tiles to form a border along the edges of the room and to fill in the rest of the floor with two-foot by two-foot square tiles. How many tiles will she use?
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Monica is tiling the floor of her 12-foot by 16-foot living room. She plans to place one-foot by one-foot square tiles to form a border along the edges of the room and to fill in the rest of the floor with two-foot by two-foot square tiles. How many tiles will she use?
  
  
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The inner part will have <math>(12 - 2)(16 - 2) = 140</math>. The area of those tiles are <math>2 \cdot 2 = 4</math>. <math>\frac{140}{4} = 35</math> is the amount of tiles for the inner part. So, <math>52 + 35 = \boxed{87}</math>.
 
The inner part will have <math>(12 - 2)(16 - 2) = 140</math>. The area of those tiles are <math>2 \cdot 2 = 4</math>. <math>\frac{140}{4} = 35</math> is the amount of tiles for the inner part. So, <math>52 + 35 = \boxed{87}</math>.
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== Video Solution (CRITICAL THINKING!!!)==
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https://youtu.be/qJyITbOffGo
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==Video Solution==
 
==Video Solution==

Latest revision as of 11:22, 23 January 2024

Problem

Monica is tiling the floor of her 12-foot by 16-foot living room. She plans to place one-foot by one-foot square tiles to form a border along the edges of the room and to fill in the rest of the floor with two-foot by two-foot square tiles. How many tiles will she use?


$\textbf{(A) }48\qquad\textbf{(B) }87\qquad\textbf{(C) }89\qquad\textbf{(D) }96\qquad \textbf{(E) }120$

Solution 1

She will place $(12\cdot2)+(14\cdot2)=52$ tiles around the border. For the inner part of the room, we have $10\cdot14=140$ square feet. Each tile takes up $4$ square feet, so he will use $\frac{140}{4}=35$ tiles for the inner part of the room. Thus, the answer is $52+35= \boxed{\textbf{(B) }87}$.

Solution 2

The area around the border: $(12 \cdot 2) + (14 \cdot 2) = 52$. The area of tiles around the border: $1 \cdot 1 = 1$. Therefore, $\frac{52}{1} = 52$ is the number of tiles around the border.

The inner part will have $(12 - 2)(16 - 2) = 140$. The area of those tiles are $2 \cdot 2 = 4$. $\frac{140}{4} = 35$ is the amount of tiles for the inner part. So, $52 + 35 = \boxed{87}$.

Video Solution (CRITICAL THINKING!!!)

https://youtu.be/qJyITbOffGo

~Education, the Study of Everything

Video Solution

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See Also

2018 AMC 8 (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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