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The area of a bathroom floor measures 2 yards by 3 yards and each custom tile that makes up the flooring is 1 1/2 square feet. How many tiles are needed to cover the floor?

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The dimensions of the bathroom floor is given as 2 yards by 3 yards.
Then
The area of the bathroom floor in question = (2 * 3) square yards
= 6 square yards
We already know that
1 square yard = 9 square feet
So
The area of the bathroom floor in question = (6 * 9) square feet
= 54 square feet
Area covered by each custom tiles = 11/2 square feet
Then
Number of tiles required to cover the bathroom floor = 54/(11/2)
= (54 * 2)/11
= 108/11
= 9.81
So the number of tiles required to cover the bathroom flooring is 10. Since fraction of tiles cannot be bought, so 10 tiles are required.
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