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One tube of paint covers 1,400 square inches of ramp. Based on this, how many tubes of paint will be needed to paint the ramp

My answer from the answer above is 3,672 sq in.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The number of tubes can be found from an inequality that relates the number of square inches that can be painted to the number of square inches that must be painted.

Let t represent the number of tubes.

1400t ≥ 3672 . . . . . the number of tubes that will paint at least 3672 in²

t > 2.623 . . . . . divide by 1400

If only whole numbers of tubes a

Answer 2

3

Explanation:

The number of tubes can be found from an inequality that relates the number of square inches that can be painted to the number of square inches that must be painted.

Let t represent the number of tubes.

1400t ≥ 3672 . . . . . the number of tubes that will paint at least 3672 in²

t > 2.623 . . . . . divide by 1400

If only whole numbers of tubes are available, then ...

3 tubes are needed to paint the ramp.