A house owner wants to get his house painted. He is told that this would require 25kg of paint .Allowing for 15% wastage and assuming that the paint is available in 2kg tins, the number of tins required for painting the house is:
Q1. A house owner wants to get his house painted. He is told that this would require 25kg of paint .Allowing for 15% wastage and assuming that the paint is available in 2kg tins, the number of tins required for painting the house is:
Answer: 15
Explanation: With 15% wastage, effective paint needed = 25/0.85 ≈ 29.41 kg. In 2 kg tins, ceiling(29.41/2) = 15 tins.