Answer:40 square yards
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
Floor area A=10 square yards
Red tile costs [tex]\$ 60[/tex] per square yards
White tile costs [tex]\$40[/tex] per square yards
Total money spent=[tex]\$480[/tex] on tiles
Suppose red tiles cover an area of [tex]x[/tex] square yards
So, we can write
[tex]60\times x+40\times (10-x)=480\\60x+400-40x=480\\20x=80\\x=40\ \text{square yards}[/tex]
Red tiles cover an area of 40 square yards