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Chloe is painting a room she uses 1/4 gallon of paint to cover 1/3 of a wall if the walls are all the same size how much paint will she need to cover one wall

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Answer:

3/4 gallon

Explanation:

we know that

Chloe uses 1/4 gallon of paint to cover 1/3 of a wall

so

using proportion

Find out how much paint she will need to cover one wall

Let

x ---> paint needed to cover one wall


((1/4))/((1/3))=(x)/(1)\\\\x=(1)/(4) :(1)/(3)\\\\x=(3)/(4)\ gal

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