Answer:
$48
Step-by-step explanation:
The rectangular wall is 6.5 m long and 3 m high and needs two coats of paint. This means the wall will be painted twice.
First, we find the area of the wall. The area of a rectangle is given as:
A = L * B
where L = length and B = breadth
Therefore, the area of the wall is:
One litre of paint covers an area of .
The paint can only be purchased in a full number of litres.
Therefore, let us find how many litres it will take to paint the wall once:
= 1 litre
= 19.5 / 10 = 1.95 litres
Since the paint can only be bought in full number of litres, we approximate 1.95 litres to whole number, that is 2 litres.
2 litres is needed to paint the wall once.
Therefore, we need double of that to paint the wall twice, that is:
2 * 2 = 4 litres
Paint costs $12 per litre, therefore, the price for 4 litres is:
4 * 12 = $48
The cost of paint for the wall is $48.