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  • 16-12-2019
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Chloe is painting a room she uses 1/4 gallon of paint to cover 1/3 of a wall if the walls are all the same size how much paint will she need to cover one wall

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  • 28-12-2019

Answer:

3/4 gallon

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

Chloe uses 1/4 gallon of paint to cover 1/3 of a wall

so

using proportion

Find out how much paint she will need to cover one wall

Let

x ---> paint needed to cover one wall

[tex]\frac{(1/4)}{(1/3)}=\frac{x}{1}\\\\x=\frac{1}{4} :\frac{1}{3}\\\\x=\frac{3}{4}\ gal[/tex]

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