To find the number of 1-gallon buckets that will be needed to paint 90 square feet of fence.
3.75 of 1-gallon buckets of paint are required.
Given information:
The number of buckets of paint
Concept:
Inverse variation: When one of the given variables increases with decrease in other variable, then it is inverse variation or vice versa.
It can be represented as:
Direct variation: When one variable increases with increase in other variable, or decreases with decrease in other variable then it is direct variation.
It can be represented as:
Calculation:
It takes three 1-gallon buckets of paint to paint 72 square feet of fence.
From the given, the equation shall be,
Now put,
Now to find for area 90 square feet, put
Conclusion:
Hence, 3.75 of 1-gallon buckets of paint are required.
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