Question
A quilt is made of 24 equal squares. It measures 3'/ 4.5' rectangle. What is the dimension of 1 square?
Answers
Damon
m squares lengthwise
n squares width wise
m/n = 4.5/3
n*m = 24
so
m = 24/n
24/n / n = 4.5/3
24/n^2 = 4.5/3
n^2 = 16
n = 4
then m = 6
3 feet/4 squares = .75 feet on a side for the squares
n squares width wise
m/n = 4.5/3
n*m = 24
so
m = 24/n
24/n / n = 4.5/3
24/n^2 = 4.5/3
n^2 = 16
n = 4
then m = 6
3 feet/4 squares = .75 feet on a side for the squares
Anonymous
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