tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post1160209067677986016..comments2024-02-11T22:40:20.959-05:00Comments on Question of the day: Planning Out Your FloorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153935609499338685noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-7090972137141657282016-07-17T23:46:15.715-04:002016-07-17T23:46:15.715-04:00100 boxes 100 boxes Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13198577066183681792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-42298079460639761722014-02-17T08:26:13.295-05:002014-02-17T08:26:13.295-05:0022 becz ABCD area 20*8+20*8/2 =12*19+(12*1/3)+(12*...22 becz ABCD area 20*8+20*8/2 =12*19+(12*1/3)+(12*2/3)<br />so 19+1(1/3+2/3 parts)+2 extra =22 (22 dozens tiles) or 19+2=21 (21 dozens also becz extra 2 is used for that 1/3 and 2/3 parts ) so answer is 21 or 22 it didn't mentioned whether extras can be used or not Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085273943967977377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-90663240101771240802013-11-01T01:57:20.916-04:002013-11-01T01:57:20.916-04:00Mike, it's been a year! Come back!! :)Mike, it's been a year! Come back!! :)jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-32061777819219766522013-10-17T08:42:47.497-04:002013-10-17T08:42:47.497-04:00I came up with 26. the area of the rectangle porti...I came up with 26. the area of the rectangle portion is 20x8 plus the area of the triangle portion, 20x8/2...160+80=240, or 24 boxes, plus the 2 extra equals 26jenleahlynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426704648062551517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-27451413681648411032013-03-05T20:10:14.674-05:002013-03-05T20:10:14.674-05:00Great little puzzle! I came up with 22, like the ...Great little puzzle! I came up with 22, like the responses above.Scrabble Strategyhttp://scrabbleonlineagainstcomputer.com/scrabble-strategynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-17321640979171309032013-02-07T07:06:46.557-05:002013-02-07T07:06:46.557-05:002222Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02379444754926228905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-91059648685611574842012-11-23T13:06:58.946-05:002012-11-23T13:06:58.946-05:00I agree. I open up my computer every day hoping to...I agree. I open up my computer every day hoping to see a new puzzle.<br />Jim MayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-62029543339371915372012-11-14T18:05:39.627-05:002012-11-14T18:05:39.627-05:00Mike, come back!Mike, come back!jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-53139637709906829602012-10-24T13:51:18.992-04:002012-10-24T13:51:18.992-04:00Yeah, the third- and second-to-last lines in parti...Yeah, the third- and second-to-last lines in particular are really too straightforward and should be left out of the puzzle. The last line is also a little bit too helpful as a starting hint, but after solving it, it's helpful to use that as explanation:<br />The square footage of the room is the area of ABCD, which is the same as the area of ABCE added to the area of ADE. ABCE is a 20x8 rectangle and ADE is a triangle of half the size. So the area we want is ABCE+ADE=ABCE+ABCE/2=3*ABCE/2. That's 3*(20*8)/2=20*3*8/2=20*12.<br />So that's 20*12 square feet, which is twenty dozen tiles. Add that to the two dozen extra and that's twenty-two dozen tiles, and since dozens of tiles are equivalent to boxes, that's 22 boxes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-88744566371331647172012-10-19T17:50:41.220-04:002012-10-19T17:50:41.220-04:0022 boxes... the last 3 lines of given information ...22 boxes... the last 3 lines of given information (AD, AE, & E) are unnecessary.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-76180366965666100322012-09-25T11:40:00.395-04:002012-09-25T11:40:00.395-04:0022 Boxes
(Drew)22 Boxes<br />(Drew)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15628310.post-66065964879602664502012-09-21T19:25:01.971-04:002012-09-21T19:25:01.971-04:0010 boxes
(Jim May)10 boxes<br />(Jim May)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com