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if there where 5 gallons of paint, and Allie needed 2 pints per table, how many tables can she paint?

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There are total 5 gallons of paint.

2 pints of paint is needed to paint a table.

We are asked to find out how many tables can be painted?

Since gallons and pints are two different units so we need to do the conversion from one unit to another.

Let us convert 5 gallons into pints

1 gallon is equal to 8 pints

5 gallons are equal to 5×8 = 40 pints

So now we can find out the number of tables that can be painted with this much paint

number of tables = total paint/paint per table

number of tables = 40 pints/2 pints

number of tables = 20

Therefore, 20 tables can be painted with 5 gallons (40 pints) of paint.

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