A painter needs to paint the bottom of a circular pool. The pool has a radius of 30 feet. A store sells 5-gallon cans of paint.
One gallon of paint covers 300 square feet. What is the smallest number of 5-gallon cans the painter must buy to cover the bottom of the pool? Explain or show your reasoning.
the area of the radius 30 is 2827 and since 1 bucket can cover 1800 we will only need 2 buckets because we need a total of 2827 and 1 bucket covers 1800 so 2 buckets will cover 3600.
3/33 can be reduced to 1/11 by dividing by 3 on the top and bottom. 1/11 is not equal to 1/10. Although they have the same numerator or number on top, 1, they don't have the same number in the bottom. So they are not equivalent. Hope this helps.
