each side of the wall is equal to the number of square centimeters in each tile’s area. Write an equation for the number of squares on the wall in terms of c.

Question

  c²•16=Area of one tile 

Answer 1

One tile's area is 16c² so each tile is a square 4c units on a side.

 

Apparently the big square wall has 16c² as its linear dimension, so the total area is (16c²)²

and when we want the total # of square tiles covering the wall, we want total area /area of one tile, 

and that is 16c².