Question

you are painting 5 rooms. Each room measures 11ft. by 12ft. and 8ft. high. Each room also has 2 windows measuring 4ft by 6ft and one door measuring 3ft. by 6ft. 8 in. If a gallon of paint covers 440ft^2 how many gallons do you need? Please help :)

Answer 1

5((11*12) - 48 - (3*6.8))/440
you calculator should give you the final answer

Answer 2

Thanks

Answer 3

umm i got 611.9

Answer 4

check again

Answer 5

whats up with the multiple pareentheses?

Answer 6

find area of one wall
times it by 4
subtract areas of 2 windows plus one door
multiply the answer by 5
divide it by 440

ohh and my eqn is wrong i forgot to times it by 4...sorry

Answer 7

so can you please rewrite it?

Answer 8

do i need to ad rthe multiple pareenthes in the calclator??

Answer 9

5((8*12*4) - 48 - (3*6.8))/440

put as it is in ur ti83 or which ever u hve

Answer 10

okay lemme punch them in now and tell you my results

Answer 11

no wait

Answer 12

i keep on missing stuff

Answer 13

lemme do it one at a time

Answer 14

like what this time?

Answer 15

area of 2 walls will be 2(8*11) and area of other 2 walls will be 2(8*12)
so total area of 4 walls = 2(8*11)+2(8*12)
then u subtract doors and windows
thn the remaining steps

Answer 16

huh?

Answer 17

final answer is 3.40

Answer 18

lol umphh that was easy thanks

Answer 19

lol