Question

Todd uses white tiles and some black tiles to make mosaic the mosaic has a total area of 144 square centimeters each tile has an area of 3 square centimeters how many black tiles did Todd use

Answer 1

27 tiles

Explanation:

Here is the complete question :

Todd uses 21 white tiles and some black tiles to make a mosaic.the mosaic has a total area of 144 square centimeters. Each tile has an area of 3 square centimeters. How many black tiles did Todd use

Steps to take to determine the answer

1. Determine the total area of the white tiles used. This can be determined by multiplying the number of white tiles by the area of a tile
2. subtract the area of the white tiles from the total area of the mosaic.
3. Divide the answer derived in the previous step by 3

Area of the white tile = area of each tile x total white tiles used

3 x 21 = 63cm²

144cm² - 63cm² = 81cm²

Number of black tiles used = 81cm² / 3cm² = 27 tiles