Question

The paint in a certain container is sufficient to paint an area equal to $587.5m^2$. How many bricks of dimensions $12.5cm\times 10cm\times 7.5cm$ can be painted out of this container?

• A. $225$
• B. $180$
• C. $150$
• D. $100$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $100$

Number of bricks that painted out of this

container= total area painted by containers paint / total surface area of a

brick= $\frac{5875000}{12.5}\times 10\times 7.5=100$