Paul is selling is paintings at the town square. He has 36 paintings to sell in all and needs to sell 17 in one day to recover his cost. He already sold 3 paintings since the morning and has 5 more hours to sell his paintings. Paul wants to know how many paintings he should sell per hour to recover his cost

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Sheldon Crosby

17 May, 17:21

Paul is selling is paintings at the town square. He has 36 paintings to sell in all and needs to sell 17 in one day to recover his cost. He already sold 3 paintings since the morning and has 5 more hours to sell his paintings. Paul wants to know how many paintings he should sell per hour to recover his cost

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Kenya Chan · Answer 1

4 paintings per hour because you round 3.2

Leah · Answer 2

He has to sell 3 paintings per hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

He has already sold 3 paintings and has 14 left. To find this out, you have to divide 14 by 5 which is 2.8. 2.8 rounded up is 3. Then you multiply 3x5+3 which is 18. If he sells 3 paintings per hour, he will end up having sold 18 at the end of the day.