Aidan has been offered a job to paint the outside of a barn. If one gallon costs $35 and covers 550 square feet. How much will it cost to paint the barn with one coat?

Complete Question

The diagram of the barn is shown on the first uploaded image

The cost is

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

   The  cost of one gallon of paint is  

    The area the one gallon of paint covers is  

Generally from the diagram  the region of the barn which can be painted is mathematically represented as

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From the question

     1 gallon  covers  500 square feet

     x gallon will cover  8336  square feet

So

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Generally the cost of 15 gallons of paint is mathematically represented as

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36 is the final answer! : )

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