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A painter can paint 180 square feet in 1/2 an hour. How many square feet can the painter paint in 1 1/2 hours? (UNIT RATES QUESTION NEED ASAP)

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well 1/2 is one quarter of 2 hours. so if he can paint 180 square feet is 1/2 hour multiply it by four to get 2 hours. so 180 times 4 is 720.
He can paint 720 square feet in 2 hours
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