<PRE><B>Question 171309</B>
24 units need to be painted.
3 gallons of paint each.
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you would need 24*3 gallons of paint to cover them all.
24 * 3 = 72 gallons required to paint all 24.
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you can paint 36/3 apartments with 36 gallons.
36 / 3 = 12 apartments that can be painted with 36 gallons.
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your general formula would be:
let a = number of apartments
let g = number of gallons required to paint each apartment.
let t = total number of gallons available.
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a * g = t
meaning the number of apartments times the number of gallons required for each equals the total number of gallons required.
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t / g = a
meaning the total number of gallons available divided by the number of gallons required for each apartment equals the number of apartments that can be painted.
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