A rectangular floor 6m x 5m is tessellated using rhombic tiles whose diagonals are 48cm and 20cm long. How many tiles are required assuming half...

Given

Rectangular floor dimensions= 6m x5m

so the area of the floor is = 30m^2

diagonals of the Rhombus tiles =>

p=48cm = 0.48m

q=20cm=0.2m

so the area of each tile = pq/2 =` 0.48*0.2/2 = 0.048m^2`

so half tiles area is = `0.048/2` = `0.024m^2`

and quater tiles area is =` 0.024/2= 0.012m^2`

so no of tiles used for the rectangular area when half tiles are used is

=`30/0.024` =1250 tiles

no of tiles used for the rectangular area when quarter tiles are used is =`30/0.012` =2500 tiles