Lisa is painting a fence that is 26 feet long and 7 feet tall. A gallon of paint will cover 350 square feet.Write and solve a proportion to determine how many gallons of paint Lisa will need.

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mathstudent55 · Answer

The wall is a rectangle with 26 ft length and 7 ft width.
What is the area of the wall?

anonymous · Answer

Well, you will have to multiply it but can you please show me it step by step in a a paper because im a visual person.Thank You

mathstudent55 · Answer

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mathstudent55 · Answer

Now we know the area of the wall.

anonymous · Answer

But how about the 350 square feet?

mathstudent55 · Answer

Now we can write the proportion.
1 gallon paints 350 square feet.
x gallons paint 182 square feet.

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