Question

If a gallon of paint covers 240 ft.² how many gallons do you need if you apply one coat of paint or ?two coats ?

Answer 1

In the question, we are told that a gallon of paint covers 240ft^2.

Explanation

Since the gallon of paint covers an area of 240ft^2. It can be assumed that the brush is dipped into the gallon once and used to paint the area.

This implies that

Answer

One gallon would be used to paint the area with just one coat of paint.

Two gallons would be used to paint the area if the painter uses two coats of paint.