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Jamel is painting his room he determins that 1/2 gallons container of pain will cover 1/6 of a wall how many gallons of paint are needed for an entire wall (assuming there no doors or windows) the answer is not 120 gallons.

A pair of shoes originally cost $35 but they are on sale for 15% off what is the sale price of the shoes?

The answer is not 5.25



A community center is offspring a discount on swimming passes the regular cost for a swimming pass is 6:00 Jake, Lisa, and Manuel each buy a swimming pass at the community center after the discount the total cost for the 3 passes is $14.40 what is the discount the community center is offspring

A. 20%
B. 42%
C. 72%
D. 80%

D. Is not the answer!

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Answer:

3 gallons of paint

$29.75

20%

Explanation:

1. Let's break this down:

1/2 gallon of paint covers 1/6 of his wall.

This means that we have to multiply 1/2 by 6, as there would be 6 1/2 gallon sections of his wall.

1/2·6=3

So, Jamel needs 3 gallons of paint.

2. If a pair of shoes has an original price of $35 but it on sale for 15%, we have to first find how much it's now on sale for:

15/100·35

=0.15·35

=5.25

This is the how much it's off, so subtract 5.25 from 35

35-5.25=$29.75

The shoes have a sale price of $29.75

Even though you said this was wrong, you may have to put a dollar sign in front of it.

3. This is worded a little, but assuming:

1 swimming pass is $6, 3 people buy the swimming pass, and the total cost for the 3 passes in total is $14.40, we have to find out the discount.

So, originally, before the discount, the total amount for the 3 swimming passes would've been $18, but there's been a discount and now they only had to pay $14.40.

To solve, we do the following:

subtract the original price by the sale price

18-14.40=3.6

divide by the original price

3.6/18=0.2

multiply by 100 to get into percent

0.2x100=20%

This means that A is the correct choice.

Hope this helps! :)

User Tom Sun
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Answer:

Explanation:

(for the first question)

1/2 gallons cover 1/6th of the wall then

1-gallon covers 1/3rd of the wall

so 3 gallons cover one wall

(second question)

you have to calculate 85% of $35 because it is 15% percent off.

35*0.85=29.75

The sale price is $29.75.

(third question)

6*3=18

14.4*100/18

1440/18

80

100-80 = 20

The answer is A (20%)

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