document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169763>Question 169763</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Calculate the number of gallons of paint required to paint the outside walls of a barn that measures 50 feet by 100 feet.  Each wall is 12 feet high and each gallon of paint covers 600 square feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer I came up with is 8.3 which is wrong. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer I came up with is 8.3 which is wrong.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think you used 50*100, which is the area of the floor.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the area of the walls.  Two are 12 by 50 = 600 sf each.  The other 2 are 12 by 100 = 1200 sf each.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total is 2*600 + 2*1200 = 3600 sq feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3600/600 = 6 gallons.\r<BR>\n" );
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