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Tyler painted 9/2 square yards of wall area with 3 gallons of paint how many gallons of paint does it take to paint each square yard if a wall

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It takes
(2)/(3) gallons of paint to paint each square yard of wall

Solution:

Given that Tyler painted
(9)/(2) square yards of wall area with 3 gallons of paint

To find: gallons of paint needed to paint each square yard of wall

From given question,

Let "x" be the gallons of paint needed to paint each square yard of wall


(9)/(2) \text{ square yards } = 3 \text{ gallon of paint }

1 square yard = x gallons of paint

Mathematically this is proportion, by cross multiplying we get,


(9)/(2) * x = 1 * 3\\\\x = 3 * (2)/(9)\\\\x = (2)/(3)

Thus it takes
(2)/(3) gallons of paint to paint each square yard of wall.

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