Henry is painting a room with four walls that are feet by
feet.
A gallon of paint costs and covers
square feet.
If he uses two coats of pain find the cost of room.
\Find the area of the wall.
\Area of the wall is
(Substitute
and
)
(Simplify)
Area of the four wall is .
(Multiply each side by
)
(Simplify)
Find the cost of the painting room.
\ (Original proportion)
(Find the cross products)
(Simplify)
(Divide each side by
)
(Cancel common terms)
The cost of the painting room is .
The cost of the painting room is .