Question

Mitra created a mosaic design using square 2x2 cm white tiles and 2x3 cm rectangular centimeter black tiles. She used twice as many white tiles as black tiles. The finished pattern was 1092 square centimeters in area. How many rectangular tiles did she use?

Answer 1

Mitra used 156 white tiles of 2x2 cm and 76 black tiles of 2x3 cm to form a pattern with an area of 1092 cm²

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An equation is an expression that shows the relationship between two or more numbers and variables.

Let x represent the number of white tiles and y represent the number of black tiles.

Area of white tiles = 2 cm * 2 cm = 4 cm²

Area of black tiles = 2 cm * 3 cm = 6 cm²

She used twice as many white tiles as black tiles. Hence:

x = 2y   (1)

Also, the finished pattern was 1092 square centimeters in area. Hence:

4x + 6y = 1092   (2)

From both equations:

x = 156, y = 78

Mitra used 156 white tiles of 2x2 cm and 76 black tiles of 2x3 cm to form a pattern with an area of 1092 cm²

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