We are told that one gallon of paint covers an area of p square feet. Knowing this then, the question becomes how much paint is needed to cover a stripe that is t inches wide and m miles long.
Let us first use the dimensions of the stripe to find how much area that is in square feet. A stripe is rectangular so we will calculate the area as follows:
Area of stripe = width x length
= t inches x m miles (we need to convert both to feet)
= (t inches x 1 ft/12 inches) x (m miles x 5280 ft/1 mi)
=440mt square feet
ow we can find out how much paint will be needed by using ratios
