Melinda can paint 1/4 of a wall in the same time that desiree can paint 2/5 of a wall. how much of a wall will melinda have painted when desiree has finished painting 1 wall?

Melinda will paint 5/8 part of a wall when Desiree has finished painting 1 wall.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that:

Melinda can paint 1/4 of a wall in the same time that Desiree can paint 2/5 of a wall.

Let 't' be the time taken by Melinda and Desiree to paint 1/4 and 2/5 of a wall respectively.

Now the time taken by Desiree to paint 1 wall will be:

2/5 of wall= t

1 wall= (5/2) t

Now in this time ( i.e. 5/2 t) the part of a wall painted by Melinda will be:

As Melinda takes--  t time to paint= 1/4 of a wall

                              5/2 t she will paint= (5/2)×(1/4) of a wall= (5/8) of a wall.

Hence Melinda will paint 5/8 part of a wall when Desiree has finished painting 1 wall.

step-by-step explanation:

because 1/3 is a fraction. we can tell because there is a divisor symbol between the 1 and the 3. if we were to add 2 fractions together, we would add the numerators, which is the number on top, but not the denominators, which is the number on the bottom

1/3+1/3=2/3

hope this !

what is the question? i am guessing you are looking for the area.

to find an area, you have to do length x width.

in this case, it would be 12 ft x 4 ft = 48 sq. ft