College

If a gallon of striping paint covers 120 square feet, how many linear feet of 4" wide striping will it cover?

A. 30 LF
B. 120 LF
C. 360 LF
D. 480 LF

Answer :

Final answer:

The gallon of striping paint would cover 360 lineal feet of 4-inch wide stripe. This is calculated by dividing the total coverage in square feet by the square footage of a lineal foot of the stripe.

Explanation:

The key here is converting the coverage area to lineal feet. Since one gallon of striping paint covers 120 square feet, we need to know how many 4-inch wide (which is 1/3 feet wide) strips make up this 120 square feet.

First, calculate how many square feet are in a lineal foot of a 4-inch wide stripe: 1/3 * 1 = 1/3 square feet. Since a gallon covers 120 square feet, we can divide 120 by 1/3 to find out how many lineal feet the striping paint will cover. 120/(1/3) = 360.

So, the answer is C. 360 LF.

Learn more about Striping Paint Coverage here:

https://brainly.com/question/13837788

#SPJ11