Question

srivatsan hed 5 5/8 cans of paint he used 1 1/12 cans for painting his room how many cans of paint are left with him​

Answer 1

Answer:

If 3/4 of a gallon covers 2/5 of a wall, this means that a half of 3/4 gallons can cover 1/5 of a wall.

By knowing this, you can just make up your own expression

(the trick is to find a way to break it down to one, so you can multiply and manipulate it to save yourself some brain cells)

1

5

+

1

5

+

1

5

+

1

5

+

1

5

= whole wall

if

3

4

2

=

3

8

= amount of paint to cover 1/5 wall

then

(

3

8

)

⋅

5

=

3

8

+

3

8

+

3

8

+

3

8

+

3

8

=

15

8

≈

1.875

since we're talking about real life it would be 2 gallons of paint instead of 1.875 gallons to paint the whole wall