The top of a square table is covered with four equal square tiles. if the side length of each tile is decreased by 50%, how many tiles of the new size would be needed to cover the same table?

top of a square table is covered with four equal square tiles

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the side length of each tile is decreased by 50%

It means if the four equal square tiles had side =2x

Now its x

It means if earlier area was 4x^2 not the area is x^2

It means we have to use 4 small tiles to make one large tile

and to make 4 large tiles , we need 4*4 = 16 small tiles.

16 tiles of the new size would be needed to cover the same table.

the number of possible outcomes that do not show a 1 on the first spinner and show the number 4 on the second spinner is 2.

spinner 1 spinner 2

1                     1

1                     2

1                     3

1                     4

2                   1

2                   2

2                   3

2                   4   = not 1, and 4

3                   1

3                   2

3                   3

3                   4 = not 1, and 4

only 2 outcomes have passed the given condition.

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