Question

Bart is going to paint his bedroom. His uncle told him that a gallon of paint would cover a surface of approximately 40 square feet. He knew that the ceiling in his room was 9 feet high and the paint was $22 a gallon. He also had to buy brushes, a drop cloth, and a ladder. How many gallons of paint should he buy to paint the walls in his bedroom

Answer 1

The measurement for the length of the walls.

Explanation:

Given

`Cost = \$22` per gallon

`Height = 9ft`

`1\ gallon = 40ft^2`

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Required

The additional information needed to solve the question

First, we need to calculate the area of the walls of the bedroom.

The height of the ceilings represents the length/width of the walls; so, we need the width of each side of the bedroom.

Since the width is not given, then we can conclude that the additional information needed is the length/width of the walls.