Question

liam has 8 3/4 gallons of paint. he wants to use 2/5 of paint to paint his livingroom. how many gallons of paint will liam use?​

Answer 1

Liam will use 3.5 gallons of paint to paint his living room

Solution:

Given that Liam has
`8 (3)/(4)` gallons of paint.

He uses
`(2)/(5)` of paint to paint his living room

We need to find how many gallons of paint will Liam use

The gallons of paint Liam used can be found as follows:

Amount of paint Liam has =
`8 (3)/(4)` gallons

Converting mixed fraction
`8 (3)/(4)` to decimal we get 8.75

Amount of paint used = 2/5th of available amount

`= (2)/(5) * 8.75=3.5 \text { or } 3 (1)/(2) \text { gallons }`

Hence Liam will use 3.5 gallons of paint to paint his living room