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Alberto is painting a large triangle on one wall of his bedroom. The base of the triangle is 4 feet, and the height is 8 feet. It takes 0.2 quart of paint to cover 1 square foot. How many quarts of paint does Alberto use?

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3.2

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User Abraham Labkovsky
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The given triangle has a base of 4 feet, and the height is 8 feet.

To find the amount of paint used we need to find the area of the triangle .

Area of triangle can be found by the formula

A=
(1)/(2) .base . height

Area of the triangle =
(1)/(2) (4)(8) =16

Area of triangle =
16foot ^(2)

It takes 0.2 quart of paint to cover 1 square foot

To cover 16 square foot amount of paint used = 16(0.2)= 3.2 quarts.

Alberto uses 3.2 quarts of paint.

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