Stacy and neil painted 280 ft^2 of their living room wall with 4/5 gallon of paint. how many square feet can they paint with 3 gallons of paint? enter your answer in the box.

The square feet that can be painted with 3 gallons of paint is  1050 square feet.

The first step to take in order to determine the square feet that can be painted with 3 gallons, the square feet that can be painted with 1 gallon of paint has to be determined.

Number of square feet that can be painted with one gallon = 280 ft² ÷

280 x = 280 feet

The second step is to determine the square feet can be painted with 3 gallons of paint.

280 feet x 3 = 1050 square feet.

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we know that

Stacy and Neil painted of their living room wall with of paint

so

by proportion

Find how many square feet can they paint with gallons of paint

therefore

the answer is

27 +27 or 27times 2=54

the diffrence is 0