Question

Ow many cans of paint are needed to cover an area of 2,200 square units if one can of paint covers an area of 400 square units?

Answer 1

The number of cans needed to paint an area covering 2,200 sq. units will be given by:
number of cans=[area required to be painted]/[area that 1 can of paint can cover]
=2200/400
=5.5
Therefore we conclude that we will need 5.5 cans of paint