A room has a wall area of 270m. Amina wants to paint the walls. She knows 1 litre of paint covers 35m of wall. (a) How many litre of paint does Amina need? (b) The paint comes in 3 litre cans. How many cans will Amina need?
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a) 7.714 liter
b) 2.571 liter
Step-by-step explanation:
According to the information provided in the question it is given as
A room has a wall area =270m.
Amina wants to paint the walls. She knows 1 liter of paint covers 35m of wall.
We need to find
(a) How many liter of paint does Amina need?
(b) The paint comes in 3 liter cans. How many cans will Amina need?
Room area = 270 m
1 liter covers 35 m
a) Amina needs paint = 270 /35
= 7.714 liter
b) paint comes in 3 liter cans
= 7.714 / 3
= 2.571 liter
Hence
a) 7.714 liter
b) 2.571 liter
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