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A painter used 1 1/2 gallons of paint to paint 3/5 of a room. At this same

rate, how many gallons will it take to paint the whole room?

A painter used 1 1/2 gallons of paint to paint 3/5 of a room. At this same rate, how-example-1

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ok so he uses 3/2 for 3/5 so first lets see how much it will take for 1/5 of the room so

3/2 dived by 3=1/2

then lets multiply this by 5 to make 1

1/2*5=2.5

so it will take 2 1/2 so d

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