Question

Tamara need tiles to make a border for her bathroom wall.The border will be 9 feet long and 1/3 foot wide.Each tile measures 1/3 foot by 1/3 foot.Each box of tiles contains 6 tiles.How many boxes of tiles doe Tamara need?Write two equations that can be used to solve the problem.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Answer 2

6x*(1/3)*(1/3) >= 9*(1/3)

(2/3)x >= 3

x >= 4.5

Since x is integer, the smallest integer such that x >= 4.5 is x = 5.

Tamara needs 5 boxes of tiles.