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Alex painted 178 ft2 of his 1/3 apartment's walls with gallon of paint. He has 2 gallons of paint in all. If he wants to cover 1,000 f2 of his apartment, does he have enough paint? Complete a true statement.

2 gallons of paint will cover

A. 968

B. 996

C. 1,068

f2 and Alex needs to cover 1,000 f2 so he

D. will

E. will not

have enough paint.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:1 gallon of paint paints 1/3 of the house and he had already painted 1/3 of the house with 1 gallon of paint. so the left is 2/3 of the house. and 2 gallon of paint paints 2/3 of the house so,2/3=2/3 which means D. he will cover 1,000 f2 of his apartment.

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