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What is the side length of the largest square tile that can tile a room with dimensions 5.4m by 4.2m?

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Answer

63\text{63}

Step-by-step solution

4 steps
  1. Convert the dimensions of the room from meters to centimeters to work with integers.

    The length of the room is 5.4 m5.4 \text{ m}.
    The width of the room is 4.2 m4.2 \text{ m}.
    Since 1 m=100 cm1 \text{ m} = 100 \text{ cm}:
    Length (LL) =5.4×100 cm=540 cm= 5.4 \times 100 \text{ cm} = 540 \text{ cm}
    Width (WW) =4.2×100 cm=420 cm= 4.2 \times 100 \text{ cm} = 420 \text{ cm}

  2. Determine the side length of the largest possible square tile.

    To cover the rectangular floor with square tiles without cutting any tiles, the side length of the square tile must be a common divisor of both the length and the width of the room. To find the minimum number of tiles, we need to use the largest possible square tiles. This means the side length of the tile must be the Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) of the room's length and width.

    We need to find GCD(540,420)\text{GCD}(540, 420).
    We can use prime factorization:

    540=2×270=22×135=22×3×45=22×32×15=22×33×5540 = 2 \times 270 = 2^2 \times 135 = 2^2 \times 3 \times 45 = 2^2 \times 3^2 \times 15 = 2^2 \times 3^3 \times 5 420=2×210=22×105=22×3×35=22×3×5×7420 = 2 \times 210 = 2^2 \times 105 = 2^2 \times 3 \times 35 = 2^2 \times 3 \times 5 \times 7

    The common prime factors with their lowest powers are 222^2, 313^1, and 515^1.

    GCD(540,420)=22×31×51=4×3×5=60\text{GCD}(540, 420) = 2^2 \times 3^1 \times 5^1 = 4 \times 3 \times 5 = 60

    So, the side length of the largest square tile is 60 cm60 \text{ cm}.

  3. Calculate the number of tiles needed along the length and width.

    Number of tiles along the length =Length of roomSide length of tile=540 cm60 cm=9= \frac{\text{Length of room}}{\text{Side length of tile}} = \frac{540 \text{ cm}}{60 \text{ cm}} = 9 tiles
    Number of tiles along the width =Width of roomSide length of tile=420 cm60 cm=7= \frac{\text{Width of room}}{\text{Side length of tile}} = \frac{420 \text{ cm}}{60 \text{ cm}} = 7 tiles

  4. Calculate the total minimum number of square tiles.

    The total number of tiles is the product of the number of tiles along the length and the number of tiles along the width.
    Total number of tiles =9×7=63= 9 \times 7 = 63

    The minimum number of square tiles that can be used to cover the floor is 63\boxed{\text{63}}.

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