Question

Kim painted 2/3 of her room using 1/5 of a gallon of paint.how much paint will she use to paint the whole wall

Answer 1

3/60 will be your answer .

Answer 2

`(3)/(10)` gallons.

Explanation:

Let x represent the gallons of paint needed.

We have been given that Kim painted 2/3 of her room using 1/5 of a gallon of paint.

We can represent this information in an equation as:

`(2)/(3)x=(1)/(5)`

`(3)/(2)\cdot(2)/(3)x=(3)/(2)\cdot(1)/(5)`

`x=(3\cdot 1)/(2\cdot 5)`

`x=(3)/(10)`

Therefore, Kim needs
`(3)/(10)` gallons of paint to paint the whole wall.