Question

A painter bought 8 gallons of paint, just enough to cover two rooms. One room is twice the size of the other and requires three coats of paint. The smaller room requires only two coats. Then the client decided not to paint the smaller room after all.

Answer 1

ill give a medal to who ever hels me!!!

Answer 2

wait so what's the question?

Answer 3

Let x be the number of gallons it takes for one coat of paint in the large room and y the number for one coat of paint in the small room. How many gallons of paint will be left?

Answer 4

So I think we have to first figure out how many gallons is each coat of paint.
Bigger room: 3 coats paint.
Smaller room: 2 coats paint.

Total here is 5 coats of paint, and it's for 8 gallons, so each coat is 1.6 gallons (8/5).

Answer 5

So 1 coat of paint = 1.6 gallons.
Now, if he doesn't paint the smaller room, which takes 2 coats paint, which is 3.2 gallons, he will have 4.8 gallons left (8 - 3.2).

Answer 6

thank you