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A gallon of paint will cover 560 ft.² of wall space if I plan to paint a room wall measure 1120ft.² how many gallons of paint will I need

A gallon of paint will cover 560 ft.² of wall space if I plan to paint a room wall-example-1
User Arpit Vyas
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to paint the room, 2 gallons of paint will be needed

Step-by-step explanation

to find the number of gallons we need to do a


\text{ gallons needed}=\frac{\text{ total area}}{rate}

so

Step 1

a)let


\begin{gathered} tota\text{l area}=1120\text{ \lparen ft}^2) \\ rate=560(ft^2)/(gallon) \end{gathered}

replace


\begin{gathered} \text{ gallons needed}=\frac{\text{ total area}}{rate} \\ \text{ gallons needed}=\frac{\frac{1120\text{ \lparen ft}^2)}{1}}{560(ft^2)/(gal)}=\frac{1120\text{ gal*ft}^2}{560\text{ ft}^2}=2\text{ gallons} \end{gathered}

so,the answer is

to paint the room, 2 gallons of paint will be needed

I hope this helps you

User Semih Korkmaz
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