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Willis bought a gallon of paint he painted a wall that is nine feet high. And ten feet wide then he used the rest to paint 46 square feet in the hall how many square feet did the gallon of paint cover

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First we will find the area of the wall

The height of the wall = 9 ft

Width of the wall = 10 ft

So area of wall = height*width

area=
9*10=90 square feet

And the rest painted area was = 46 square feet

Hence, total painted area =
90+46=136

So, a gallon of paint covered 136 square feet area.

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