we know he used 1.25 gallons to cover only 5/7 of the fence. we don't know the area of the fence. we use a variable for area. 1.25 gallons of paint times the area of the fenxe equaled 5/7 of the fence getting painted. you'd need more paint for the entire fence. solve for x says that x=0.57 was the area. so now we say that 0.57 only equated to 5/7 but we want 7/7 painted so so we need 2/7 more paint so we multiply 1.25 by 2/7 to find how much per for that area and we get 0.357. add 0.357 to 1.25 to get 1.607
TOm earned 173 dollars Last week working for 25 hours. Now, if you're asking about his earnings, it's 173 dollars. But if you're asking about his hourly rate.Let's find out: => 173 / 25 = 6.92 dollars per hour.