Question

Two walls are 26ft long by 9 9ft wide the other wall is 18ft long by 9ft wide. Each gallon of paint covers about 250sq ft how many gallon of paint should amelia buy to paint the walls?

Answer 1

Well u find the areas of both walls by using
Area= Length×Width
26×9=234
18×9=162
add the areas
162+234=396
then divide by 250
396÷250=1.584
since u can’t get 1.584 of a gallon of paint, the answer is 2