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Chapter 2: Q42. (page 115)

PAINT Joel used a half-gallon of paint to cover 84 square feet of wall. He has 932 square feet of wall to paint. How many gallons of paint should he purchase?

Short Answer

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The number of gallons of paint needed are .

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Step 1. Write down the given statement.

It is given that half-gallon covers 84 square feet.

Therefore 1 complete gallon will cover:

=842=168sq.feet

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Step 2. By method of proportion.

Let the total number of gallons of paint be x. Therefore the proportion can be written as:

1168=x932168x=1932168x=932168x168=932168x=5.55 gallons

03

Step 3. Conclusion for the number of gallons needed.

The number of gallons of paint needed are x=5.55 gallons.

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