A flooring tile has the shape of a parallelogram whose base is 24 cm and the corresponding height is 10 cm. How many such tiles are required to cover a floor of area 1080 `m^2?`(If required you can split the tiles in whatever way you want to fill up the corners).

Explanation

Given that the shape of the tile is a parallelogram.
Area of parallelogram = Base xx Height `= 24 cm xx 10 cm = 240` cm^2
Hence, the area of one tile `= 240` cm^2
Area of the floor `= 1080 m^2 `(given)
Required number of tiles = Area of the floor / Area of one tile
`= (1080 m^2)/( 240 cm^2)`
`= ((1080 xx 10000) cm^2) / (240 cm^2)`
`= 45000 ` tiles
Thus, `45000` tiles are required to cover a floor of area `1080 m^2`.