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Tyler painted 9/2 square yards area with 3 gallons of paint. how many gallons h paint does it take to paint each square yard of wall?

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Answer:

2/3

Explanation:

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You know that Tyler painted
(9)/(2) square yards area with 3 gallons of paint and want to know many gallons of paint does it take to paint each square yard of wall. Then


(9)/(2) square yards - 3 gallons

1 square yards - x gallons,

mathematically this is proportion:


((9)/(2))/(1)=(3)/(x),\\ \\(9)/(2)x=1\cdot 3,\\ \\x=(3)/((9)/(2))=3\cdot (2)/(9)=(2)/(3).

Answer: it takes
(2)/(3) gallons of paint to paint each square yard of wall.

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