SOLUTION: A painter used one and one half gallons of paint to paint three fourths of a room. At this same rate, how many gallons will it take to paint the whole room?

SOLUTION: A painter used one and one half gallons of paint to paint three fourths of a room. At this same rate, how many gallons will it take to paint the whole room?

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Question 942338: A painter used one and one half gallons of paint to paint three fourths of a room. At this same rate, how many gallons will it take to paint the whole room?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.5/0.75=x/1
0.75x=1.5
x=1.5/0.75
x=2 gal
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