Question

A kitchen floor has 15 1/2 tiles in an area of 2 3/5 square feet. How many tiles are in one square foot?

Answer 1

13/5 square feet require 31/2 square tiles
1 square fit would require
1*
`(31)/(2)`÷
`(13)/(5)`
=
`(31)/(2) * (5)/(13)`
=
`(155)/(26)`
= 5
`(25)/(26)` tiles