Jeff is replacing the tile on his floor. he pans to use square tiles that are 11 inches on a side. the floor is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide. cabinet in the middle of the floor that will not need tile. this space is 2 feet wide and 3 feet long. estimate how many title will be used

just using the measurements, the tiled area is

8*6 - 2*3 = 42 ft^2
11" is nearly a foot, so we can estimate that about 42 tiles will be needed.

Naturally, since the tiles are a bit smaller, more of them will actually be used.

To estimate the number of tiles Jeff will need, we first need to calculate the area of the floor and subtract the area of the cabinet.

Step 1: Convert the measurements into inches:
- The floor length is 8 feet, so it equals 8 * 12 = 96 inches.
- The floor width is 6 feet, so it equals 6 * 12 = 72 inches.

Step 2: Calculate the total area of the floor:
- The total area of the floor is 96 inches * 72 inches = 6,912 square inches.

Step 3: Calculate the area where the cabinet is:
- The cabinet is 2 feet wide, so it equals 2 * 12 = 24 inches.
- The cabinet is 3 feet long, so it equals 3 * 12 = 36 inches.
- The area of the cabinet is 24 inches * 36 inches = 864 square inches.

Step 4: Subtract the cabinet area from the total area of the floor:
- 6,912 square inches - 864 square inches = 6,048 square inches.

Step 5: Calculate the area of a single tile:
- The tile's sides are 11 inches, so the area of each tile is 11 inches * 11 inches = 121 square inches.

Step 6: Divide the total floor area by the area of a single tile:
- 6,048 square inches / 121 square inches = 50.07 (rounded to two decimal places).

Therefore, an estimate of how many tiles will be used is 50.