document.write( "Question 556060: A room 6 m by 5m is 4 m high. Allowing 15m^2 for a door and windows, how many gallons of paint is needed to paint is needed to paint the walls and ceiling if a gallon of paint can cover 15m^2 of surface? \n" ); document.write( "

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You don't paint the floor, so surface area in m2 =
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+6%2A5+=+30+\"$ m2 for ceiling
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2%2A5%2A4+=+40+\"$ m2 for 2 facing walls
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2%2A6%2A4+=+48+\"$ m2 for the other 2 facing walls
\n" ); document.write( "The total area is $\"+30+%2B+40+%2B+48+=+118+\"$ m2
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+118+%2F+15+=+67.867+\"$ gallons
\n" ); document.write( "68 gallons of paint is needed \n" ); document.write( "

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