Two swimmers start out from opposite ends of a swimming pool(red side and blue side). They cross each other for the first time a
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Hence, the area of the wall is 140 square ft. To determine how much of the wall is already painted we multiply this by 1/2, then:
Therefore, 70 square ft are blue.
I have my work at the bottom but to explain you have to divide 30/12, and I got 2.5. That means 30 is 2.5 times bigger than 12. Because we have to find x, we have to divide 7/2.5, to find what is 2.5 times smaller than 7. That’s 2.8. So, x= 2.8
