Question

A gallon of paint will cover 560 ft.² of wall space if I plan to paint a room wall measure 1120ft.² how many gallons of paint will I need

Answer 1

to paint the room, 2 gallons of paint will be needed

Explanation

to find the number of gallons we need to do a

$\text{ gallons needed}=\frac{\text{ total area}}{rate}$

so

Step 1

a)let

$\begin{gathered} tota\text{l area}=1120\text{ \lparen ft}^2) \\ rate=560\frac{ft^2}{gallon} \end{gathered}$

replace

$\begin{gathered} \text{ gallons needed}=\frac{\text{ total area}}{rate} \\ \text{ gallons needed}=\frac{\frac{1120\text{ \lparen ft}^2)}{1}}{560\frac{ft^2}{gal}}=\frac{1120\text{ gal*ft}^2}{560\text{ ft}^2}=2\text{ gallons} \end{gathered}$

so,the answer is

to paint the room, 2 gallons of paint will be needed

I hope this helps you