Question
Aubrey is painting a mural of an ocean scene. The triangular sail on a sailboat has a base of 4 feet and a height of 6 feet. Aubrey will paint the sail using a special white paint. A can of this paint covers 10 square feet. How many cans of white paint will Aubrey need?
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Ms. Sue
A = 1/2 * b * h
Divide the area by 10 to find the number of cans. Round up to the next whole number.
Divide the area by 10 to find the number of cans. Round up to the next whole number.
2 cans or 1 1/5 cans. Hope this will help!
Basically first you multiply 6 with 4 and you get 24. Than you divide 24 by 2 and you get 12. After that, you divide 12 by 10 and get 1.5. Aubrey can’t 1.5 because she can’t get a half can of white paint so she has to get 2. Hopefully this helped, thanks for stoping by and check this answer out!
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