Question

Jimenez Paint Company used ⅙ gallon of paint to paint ½ of a gym wall. How many gallons of paint would it take to paint all four walls of the gym?

a: 4 gallons

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b: 4/3gallons

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c:2/3 gallons


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d:3/4gallons

Answer 1

Correct answer is B. 4/3

Because if half a wall uses up 1/6 gallon of paint

A full wall uses 2/6 gallon of paint

So multiple that 2 by 4 (the walls) and you get 8

So 8/6 —— then you need to simplify so divide the top and bottom by 2 and you get =

4/3 gallons of paint

Answer 2

1/3 for one total wall. So multiplied by four is 4/3 total gallons