Homework Help: Math

Posted by Tyler on Monday, February 18, 2008 at 8:51pm.

A painter needs 3 days to paint the walls of a room. How long would it take him, working at the same rate, to paint a room that is twice as long, twice as wide and twice as high as the original room?

Math - Reiny, Monday, February 18, 2008 at 9:16pm
we are looking at the surface area.
so each wall is four times as large as before. (eg. if one wall is lw, then the corresponding new wall is (2l)(2w) or 4lw)

So it would take him 12 days

(BTW, I could paint that room in 3 hours).

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