Question

Jeff is replacing the tile on his floor. he pans to use square tiles that are 11 inches on a side. the floor is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide. cabinet in the middle of the floor that will not need tile. this space is 2 feet wide and 3 feet long. estimate how many title will be used

Answer 1

just using the measurements, the tiled area is

8*6 - 2*3 = 42 ft^2
11" is nearly a foot, so we can estimate that about 42 tiles will be needed.

Naturally, since the tiles are a bit smaller, more of them will actually be used.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

To estimate the number of tiles Jeff will need, we first need to calculate the area of the floor and subtract the area of the cabinet.

Step 1: Convert the measurements into inches:
- The floor length is 8 feet, so it equals 8 * 12 = 96 inches.
- The floor width is 6 feet, so it equals 6 * 12 = 72 inches.

Step 2: Calculate the total area of the floor:
- The total area of the floor is 96 inches * 72 inches = 6,912 square inches.

Step 3: Calculate the area where the cabinet is:
- The cabinet is 2 feet wide, so it equals 2 * 12 = 24 inches.
- The cabinet is 3 feet long, so it equals 3 * 12 = 36 inches.
- The area of the cabinet is 24 inches * 36 inches = 864 square inches.

Step 4: Subtract the cabinet area from the total area of the floor:
- 6,912 square inches - 864 square inches = 6,048 square inches.

Step 5: Calculate the area of a single tile:
- The tile's sides are 11 inches, so the area of each tile is 11 inches * 11 inches = 121 square inches.

Step 6: Divide the total floor area by the area of a single tile:
- 6,048 square inches / 121 square inches = 50.07 (rounded to two decimal places).

Therefore, an estimate of how many tiles will be used is 50.