<span>4 1/2 gallons-------> (4+2+1)/2-----> 9/2 gallons </span> 1 <span> wall in the house will need --------> 3/4 of a gallon of paint </span> X wall-----------------------------------> 9/2 gallons x=(9/2)/(3/4)----> 9*4/2*3-----> 36/6----> 6 walls
The first thing you do is convert the oz into pounds. There is 16 oz in a pound so our fraction is 9/16 which is 0.5625 . Then adding to the pounds it becomes 6.5625 pounds. Then multiply by 1.3.
