A rectangular floor that is $10$ feet wide and $17$ feet long is tiled with $170$ one-foot square tiles. A bug walks from one corner to the opposite corner in a straight line. Including the first and the last tile, how many tiles does the bug visit?

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Giovanna Mcbride

19 April, 13:48

A rectangular floor that is $10$ feet wide and $17$ feet long is tiled with $170$ one-foot square tiles. A bug walks from one corner to the opposite corner in a straight line. Including the first and the last tile, how many tiles does the bug visit?

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Merritt · Answer 1

It depends. The rectangular floor has 2 different diagonals, the small one and the large one.

Explanation:

If the bug walks the small diaognal, it will walk 10 tiles from corner to corner. If the bug walk the large diagonal, it will walk 17 tiles from corner to corner