Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems/30 - De Basilica

by : Problem $30$

 * De Basilica: A Basilica
 * A basilica is $240$ feet long and $120$ feet wide.
 * It is paved with paving stones one foot $11$ inches long
 * and $12$ inches, that is one foot, wide.


 * How many stones are needed?

Solution
It takes:
 * $126$ paving stones to cover the length of $240$ feet
 * and $120$ paving stones to cover the width of $120$ feet.

That is the number of paving stones required to pave the basilica.