The walls of a room have a total of 60 square meters. how many pints of paint will it take to cover all the walls if a single pint can cover 36 ft squared

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Alejandra Noble

8 September, 09:44

The walls of a room have a total of 60 square meters. how many pints of paint will it take to cover all the walls if a single pint can cover 36 ft squared

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Corbin Ochoa · Answer 1

1 m = 3.28 ft. So 1 m^2 = 3,28^2 ft^2 = 10.8 ft^2.

So the area of the walls of the room is 60 m^2 = 10.8 ft^2 x 60 = 648 ft^2

Pints of paint required to paint an area of 648 ft^2 = 648 ft^2/36 ft^2 = 18

So 18 pints are required.