Question

Julie is painting a mural on a rectangular wall in her school. The wall is 20.5

feet long and 10
feet wide. So far, her mural covers 20%
of the wall. She will paint the remaining part of the wall over the next four days. She will paint the same amount of the wall on each of those four days.

How much of the wall, in square feet, will Julie paint on each of the next four days?

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Answer 1

The answer is 116 ft

Answer 2

the wall she's using for the mural is (20.5)(10) = 205 ft², so far she has done 20% of that, well, she still has 100% - 20% = 80% to go on the next four days, so on the next four days she'll be doing 80% of 205 ft².

`\begin{array}ll \cline{1-1} \textit{\textit{\LARGE a}\% of \textit{\LARGE b}}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{\textit{\LARGE a}}{100} \right)\cdot \textit{\LARGE b} \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{80\% of 205}}{\left( \cfrac{80}{100} \right)205}\implies 164~ft^2`