Question

Micah is deciding what rooms of his house he is going to paint. He wants to spend no more than $150 on the paint and supplies.

Answer 1

Answer:

Micah spends $42.21 on paintbrushes.

Paint costs $21.64 per gallon.

Step-by-step explanation:

The paintbrushes are constant/fixed price, the number of gallons of paint are variable, the costs rises linearly with each gallon.

150 - 42.21 = 107.79

The fixed costs for paintbrushes are subtracted from his budget. He then has $107.79 left for paint

107.79 / 21.64 = 4.98105360444

Wich is, it's a pity, slightly less then 5 gallons.

he could buz 4.98 gallons. or, if it has to be a whole number, which I guess it has to be, just 4 gallons and has some money left.