A custodian plans to repaint some book cases. She has 3 3/4 gallons of paint. All of the book cases are the same size and requires 1/2 gallon of paint . How many bookcases can she repaint ?

Answer :

Answer:

7.5

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the number of bookcases can she repaint is shown below:

[tex]= 3 \frac{3}{4} \div \frac{1}{2}\\\\= \frac{15}{4} \times 2\\\\= \frac{30}{4} \\\\= 7.5[/tex]

Hence, the 7.5 bookcases could be repainted