Question

If eight members of the Caldwell family are helping paint a wall and they started with one side that was 86 feet long if they shared that wall equally, how much will each person get to paint?

Answer 1

Each Person in Caldwell family will get 10.75 feet to paint.

Explanation:

Number of members in family = 8

Length of the wall = 56 feet.

We need to find length each person will get to paint the wall

To find length per person will paint can be calculated by dividing the length of wall with Number of members in family.

Now Framing in equation form we get;

length per person will paint =
`\frac{\textrm{length of wall}}{\textrm{number of members in the family}}`

Now Substituting the values we get;

length per person will paint =
`(86)/(8) =10.75\ ft`

Hence Each Person in Caldwell family will get 10.75 feet to paint.