SOLUTION: What pictures demonstrates "Jane can paint a 12-foot by 12-foot wall in 3/4 of an hour? How long will it take her to paint another wall that is 15x16 feet?"

Question 955126: What pictures demonstrates "Jane can paint a 12-foot by 12-foot wall in 3/4 of an hour? How long will it take her to paint another wall that is 15x16 feet?"
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The areas of the 2 walls are in the
same ratio as the times required to paint them:
( area 1 ) / ( area 2 ) = ( time 1 ) / ( time 2 )

where is in hrs

Multiply both sides by

The larger wall will take 1 hr 15 min to paint

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