Question

Carla has 1 gallon of paint. She is going to pour it into a paint tray that measures 10 inches wide, 10 inches long, and 7 cm deep.

(1 gallon = 231 in3, 1 inch = 2.54 cm)

Which of the following scenarios will happen?

The paint will not fill the tray by 44.59 in3.

The paint will not fill the tray by 469 cm3.

The paint will fill the tray exactly.

The paint will overfill the tray by 44.59 in3.

Answer 1

convert it all to in3 or cm3

Answer 2

@timo86m and.. how would i go about doing that?

Answer 3

Glad you asked. lets try it all in inches first.

1 gallon of paint. well In your problem that is given to be 231 in3 so you done with that

7cm deep that is wrong It should be in inch

the conversion factor is also given to be

1 in=2.54 cm

so here is the trick.