Question

PLEASE HELP

If a 1/2 gallon of paint covers 1/6 of a
wall, continuing at this rate how much
paint is needed for the entire wall?

Answer 1

3 Gallons

Explanation:

If half a gallon of paint covers 1/6 of a wall, then we need 6 1/2 gallons of paint. To make this simpler, we can just say that a gallon of paint can cover 2/6 of the wall. This means that with 2 gallons of paint, we can cover 4/6 of the wall. 3 gallons of paint will cover 6/6 of the wall.