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Tyler is tiling the floor of his 12 foot by 16 foot living room. He 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 he use? | Tyler is tiling the floor of his 12 foot by 16 foot living room. He 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 he use? | ||
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He will place <math>(12\cdot2)+(14\cdot2)=52</math> tiles around the border. Now, we have <math>10\cdot14</math> inner rectangle, so <math>\frac{10\cdot14}{4}=35</math> tiles. Thus, the answer is <math>52+35=\boxed{87}, \textbf{(B)}</math> | He will place <math>(12\cdot2)+(14\cdot2)=52</math> tiles around the border. Now, we have <math>10\cdot14</math> inner rectangle, so <math>\frac{10\cdot14}{4}=35</math> tiles. Thus, the answer is <math>52+35=\boxed{87}, \textbf{(B)}</math> | ||
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Problem 9
Tyler is tiling the floor of his 12 foot by 16 foot living room. He 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 he use?
Solution
He will place 
tiles around the border. Now, we have 
inner rectangle, so 
tiles. Thus, the answer is 
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