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MARCELLA DIVIDED 40.8 GALLONS OF PAINT AMONG 8 CONTAINERS. HOW MUCH PAINT IS IN EACH CONTAINER?

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40.8/8 = 5.1. There were 5.1 gallons of paint in each container.
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For this case, the first thing we must do is define variables:

a: total amount of galores:

b: total amount of containers

r: gallon rate per container

We have then:


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Substituting values we have:


r = (40.8)/(8)


r=5.1

Answer:

Each container has 5.1 gallons of paint

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