Aurelio is purchasing carpet tiles to cover an area of his living room floor that is \(8\dfrac{1}{3}\) feet wide by \(10\) feet long. Each carpet tile is a square \(20\) inches wide by \(20\) inches long. What is the minimum number of carpet tiles that Aurelio must purchase to cover this area of his living room floor?

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Start by converting the width and length to inches.

$$ w= 8\frac{1}{3} \text{ ft } = 100 \text{ in} $$ $$ l = 10 \text{ ft} = 120 \text{ in} $$

Since each tile is 20 by 20, we will need 5 by 6 tiles = 30 tiles