The walls of a square room need painting. Each of the four walls is 12ft wide by 8.5 feet tall. One gallon of paint covers 75ft

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Wewaii [24]

3 years ago

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The walls of a square room need painting. Each of the four walls is 12ft wide by 8.5 feet tall. One gallon of paint covers 75ft

squared. How many gallons will you need?

Mathematics

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boyakko [2] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-12T08:34:03+03:00

boyakko [2]3 years ago

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Do 8.5 times 12, which gives you 102. Multiply by 4 and get 408. Divide this by 75 and you get 5.44. You will need 6 gallons or 5.44 gallons if you don't need to round up.