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A rectangular room has dimensions of the four walls as " x " meters in height and "y" meters in length . What will be the number of square tiles that can cover the entire floor if each square tile is of 2 sq. meters in area.

1) X=10 meters

2) Y= 8 meters


given,

length = width = Y


question is asking sqaure tiles required to cover entire floor which is Y^2.

So B is sufficient

How we are interpreting that length = width ??

thanks

Notice that we are told that each of the four walls is x meters in height and y meters in length. so the base is a square with the side of y:
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[/quote]

Notice that we are told that each of the four walls is x meters in height and y meters in length. so the base is a square with the side of y:
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B,

How do you imply from the problem that length = width?

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I can't even say how much I hate these trick questions ... what's next? "What is heavier - 1 kilo of stone or 1000 gram of feathers"?

Of course I did it wrong ... :D
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I can't even say how much I hate these trick questions ... what's next? "What is heavier - 1 kilo of stone or 1000 gram of feathers"?

Of course I did it wrong ... :D

I completely agree with you my friend lol....I knew it too as it seemed too easy to just be "C"....now I see the error in my ways...all we needed was the floor dimensions...Tricky GMAT
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