SOLUTION: If you have 43 cars to paint and 1 gallon does 1.5 cars, how many gallons would you need?

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Question 656219: If you have 43 cars to paint and 1 gallon does 1.5 cars, how many gallons would you need?
Answer by MathDazed(34) About Me  (Show Source):
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For 1 gallon of paint, you can paint 1.5 cars hence for x gallons of paint you can paint 43 cars.
1/x = 1.5/43 (cross multiply)
1.5x = 43
x = 28 and 2/3 gallons of paint