document.write( "Question 34293: A ROOM MEASURES 3M BY 4M BY 7M.
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document.write( "THE WALLS NEED 2 COATS OF PAINT. A 4-L CAN OF PAINT COVERS 40M SQUARED.
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document.write( "HOW MUCH PAINT SHOULD TANYA BUY?
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document.write( "I KNOW THE ANSWER BUT NOT HOW I GOT IT. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #20621 by benni1013(206)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! When doing surface area find all the possible combination of the numbers and multiply it by two.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(3*4)+(3*7)+(7*4)=61*2=122 meters^2\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This is your surface area for the room.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "122/40=3 and a little so you need 4 but you need two coats so you need 7. The decimal when you originally divide is so negligible that you won't need 8 cans.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This tells you how many cans of paint she needs to buy.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "7*4=28 liters of paint. 7 equals the number of cans to buy 4 equals the amount in each can. \n" ); document.write( " |