The cost of one case of tiles is 17$. How many would it cost to tile the floor? Case contains 12 tiles each tile is 9/16 ft square floor is 316 17/288 ft square

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The cost of one case of tiles is 17$. How many would it cost to tile the floor?

  1. Case contains 12 tiles
  2. each tile is 9/16 ft square
  3. floor is 316 17/288 ft square
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Here, area covered by 1 tile = 9/16 ft square.

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Total area covered= 316 17/288 ft square.

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Determine the number of tiles required.

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