It takes one fourth of a gallon of paint covers one fifth of a car how much paint covers the whole car

The volume of paint that covers the whole car is gallons or one and a quarter gallons.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the volume of paint required to cover whole car be 'x'.

Given:

Volume of paint to cover one-fifth of a car = one-fourth of a gallon.

We use unitary method to determine the volume of paint required.

∵ One-fifth of a car requires paint =

∴ Whole volume of car requires paint =

Therefore, the volume of paint that covers the whole car is gallons or one and a quarter gallons.