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At West Painting, they get about three calls a day asking for an estimate of the cost for having the interior of a house painted. To write up an estimate for the cost of a job, they need to know how much paint a job will take. If they average painting of a room with of a gallon of paint, then they can paint, on average,
rooms per gallon.

Answer 1

Answer:

Using the ratio and proportion method, we find that on an average 1.875 rooms can be painted per gallon.

Step-by-step explanation:

Concept: Use the method of ratio and proportion.

In this method, if a relationship is given between two values, then using that relationship we can find another relationship with respect to another variable.

Given that for 2/5 gallons of paint, we can paint 3/4 of rooms. So, for one gallon of paint, divide 2/5 by 3/4.

2/5 gallons of paint = 3/4 rooms

1 gallon of paint = $\frac{\frac{3}{4} }{\frac{2}{5} } = \frac{15}{8} =1.875$ rooms

So, on an average they can paint 1.875 rooms per gallon.

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