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Mr. Arnold covers his bathroom floor with identical tiles. The area of the floor is 72 square feet. It takes more than 72 tiles to cover the floor. What could be the area of 1 tile?

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the tiles are identical, so you would need them to fit exactly.
if he uses 144 tiles to cover the floor, the area would be 72/144 = 0.5 square feet
this is just one example
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