Question

After 5.75 hours, Kyler had finished painting 62.5% of his house. He needs to paint a total of 4,000 square feet on his house. At what rate, in square feet per hour, does he paint

Answer 1

First, we are going to find the painted area of his house. We know that the total area he needs to paint is 4000 square meters, so 4000 is the area of this house. Now, to find the 62.5% of that area, we are going to multiply it by $\frac{62.5}{100}$:
Painted area= $(4000)(\frac{62.5}{100})=2500$

Now, to find rate, in square feet per hour, we are going to divide the painted area by the number of hours: 
Rate=$\frac{2500}{5.75} =434.78$

We can conclude that Kyler paints at a rate of 434.78 square feet per hour.