Question

Julio got a new summer jobs painting houses.Each house Julio paints requires 3.2 gallons of paint.If Julio needs to paint 18 houses, how many gallons of paint should he buy?

Answer 1

Answer:
`57.6\ gallons`

Explanation:

You need to analize the information provided in the exercise.

You know that the amount of paint Julio needs for each house is:

`Paint\ per\ house=3.2\ gallons`

Then, since Julio need to paint 18 houses, you have to mulltiply 3.2 gallons by 18 in order to calculate the number of gallons he should buy to paint 18 houses.

Therefore, you get this result:

`Paint\ needed=(3.2\ gallons)(18)\\\\paint\ needed=57.6\ gallons`

So, Julio should buy
`57.6\ gallons` of paint.