Question

Alyssa and her father are going to paint the house this summer.

they know they'll need 6 cans of paint a formula that describes this scenario is 6=w/p
w= the total area of the walls
p= area covered by a can of paint
Rewrite the formula to determine the area covered by one can of paint.

Answer 1

The formula to determine the area covered by one can of paint is
`p = (w)/(6)`

Explanation:

The formula that describes this scenario , 6=w/p

where

w is the total area of the walls

p is area covered by a can of paint

The formula says that to paint the total area we need 6 can of paints

Thus to with the one paint can the area that can be covered is

`\bold{6=\frac{\text{total area of the walls}}{\text{area covered by a can of paint}}}`

`\bold{{\text{area covered by a can of paint}}=\frac{\text{total area of the walls}}{6}}`

`p = (w)/(6)`