Question

Stacy and Neil painted 280 ft2 of their living room wall with 45

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gallon of paint. How many square feet can they paint with 3 gallons of paint?
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Answer 1

The square feet that can be painted with 3 gallons of paint is 1050 square feet.

The first step to take in order to determine the square feet that can be painted with 3 gallons, the square feet that can be painted with 1 gallon of paint has to be determined.

Number of square feet that can be painted with one gallon = 280 ft² ÷

280 x = 280 feet

The second step is to determine the square feet can be painted with 3 gallons of paint.

280 feet x 3 = 1050 square feet.

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