Question

Chloe is painting a room she uses 1/4 gallon of paint to cover 1/3 of a wall if the walls are all the same size how much paint will she need to cover one wall

Answer 1

Answer:

3/4 gallon

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

Chloe uses 1/4 gallon of paint to cover 1/3 of a wall

so

using proportion

Find out how much paint she will need to cover one wall

Let

x ---> paint needed to cover one wall

$\frac{(1/4)}{(1/3)}=\frac{x}{1}\\\\x=\frac{1}{4} :\frac{1}{3}\\\\x=\frac{3}{4}\ gal$