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Dana painted a wall in her bedroom that is 10.5 feet tall and 23.5 feet wide.she used exactly 3quarts of paint to cover the wall.How many square feet will 1quart of paint cover? Please explain

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82.25 square feet

Start off by multiplying 10.5 by 23.5, to get the area of her wall - 246.75 square feet. This took up 3 quartz of paint, so divide both 246.75 by 3 to find out how many square feet were painted with only 1 quartz, 82.25 square feet! :D Hope I helped!
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