Question

Tyler painted 9/2 square yards of wall area with 3 gallons of paint how many gallons of paint does it take to paint each square yard if a wall

Answer 1

It takes $\frac{2}{3}$ gallons of paint to paint each square yard of wall

Solution:

Given that Tyler painted $\frac{9}{2}$ square yards of wall area with 3 gallons of paint

To find: gallons of paint needed to paint each square yard of wall

From given question,

Let "x" be the gallons of paint needed to paint each square yard of wall

$\frac{9}{2} \text{ square yards } = 3 \text{ gallon of paint }$

1 square yard = x gallons of paint

Mathematically this is proportion, by cross multiplying we get,

$\frac{9}{2} \times x = 1 \times 3\\\\x = 3 \times \frac{2}{9}\\\\x = \frac{2}{3}$

Thus it takes $\frac{2}{3}$ gallons of paint to paint each square yard of wall.