A garden path is 34^2 meters?

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Austin T

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ok, the path is 34 m^2 (square meters) the slabs are 50 cm or .5m. since the are squares the slabs have an area of .5 x .5 meters^2 or .25 m^2. so 34 m^2/.25m^2 = 136.
 
ok, the path is 34 m^2 (square meters) the slabs are 50 cm or .5m. since the are squares the slabs have an area of .5 x .5 meters^2 or .25 m^2. so 34 m^2/.25m^2 = 136.
 
ok, the path is 34 m^2 (square meters) the slabs are 50 cm or .5m. since the are squares the slabs have an area of .5 x .5 meters^2 or .25 m^2. so 34 m^2/.25m^2 = 136.
 
A garden path is 34^2 meters, a builder paves it with square slabs with sides of 50 centimetres. How many slabs does he need to pave the path?

The question I have on my paper has a diagram and because I can't show the diagram I can't write the question the way it is written. The answer is 136. I first divided 3400 by 50 and got 68. I then divided 3400 by 25 and got the correct answer of 136.

So my question is this, why do you divide 3400 centimetres by 25 centimetres and not 50 centimetres?
 
ok, the path is 34 m^2 (square meters) the slabs are 50 cm or .5m. since the are squares the slabs have an area of .5 x .5 meters^2 or .25 m^2. so 34 m^2/.25m^2 = 136.
 
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