What is the total perimeter of the three tiles? If each square tile is measures 8 inches on the side?
3(4 * 8) = _______ square inches
Doesn't the perimeter depend on how you lay out those tiles?
If you lay them end to end, so the three are in a row, then you have 2(8*3) + 2*8, right? What do you come up with?
Does that change if you lay the tiles out in an L-formation?
Or are you supposed to determine the perimeter of each tile separately and then multiply by 3?
To find the total perimeter of the three tiles, we need to calculate the perimeter of one tile and then multiply it by three.
The formula for calculating the perimeter of a square is P = 4s, where P represents the perimeter and s represents the length of one side.
In this case, the length of one side of each square tile is given as 8 inches. So, we can substitute that value into the formula and calculate the perimeter:
P = 4 * 8
P = 32 inches
Now that we know the perimeter of one tile is 32 inches, we can find the total perimeter of the three tiles by multiplying this value by 3:
Total perimeter of three tiles = 32 * 3
Total perimeter of three tiles = 96 inches
Therefore, the total perimeter of the three tiles is 96 inches.