The tile Ryan selected was 1 ft.by 1 ft. Ryan bought 50 tiles. If the room was 12 ft. long, how wide was the room? What was the room's area? 

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the area that the tiles cover has to be 50 ft.^2 because each tile is 1 ft.^2 12 times x = 50 --50/12 is 4 1/8 width of room: 4 1/8 feet or 4 feet 1.5 inches area of room: 50 square feet