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Billy had 5 gallons of paint. Bob had 4 kilograms of paint. How do you make the paint amount equal?

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Answer:

We can make the paint amount equal by making sure the parameters have the same unit

Explanation:

Billy had 5 gallons of paint. Bob had 4 kilograms of paint. How do you make the paint amount equal?

To solve the above question, we have the conversion rate:

We can make the paint amount equal by making sure the parameters have the same unit

Hence:

1 gallon (gal) = 3.785411784 kilogram (kg).

Billy had 5 gallons of paint.

1 gallon (gal) = 3.785411784 kilogram (kg).

5 gallons of paint = x

Cross Multiply

x = 5 × 3.785411784 kg

18.92705892 kilograms of paint

Approximately 18.93 Kilograms of paint

Therefore, Billy had 18.93 kg of paint and Bob had 4 kg of paint

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