Question

An artist is painting a flower pot that each require 1/34 gallons of paint what is the maximum numbers of flowerpots the artist can paint with 3/4 gallons of paint.

A.12
B.16
C.24
D.32
E.42

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

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We can easily calculate the amount of flower pots he can paint by dividing the amount of paint he has by how much paint each flower pot requires

`(.75)/((1)/(34) ) =25.5`

The closest number is 24 therefore your answer is C