Aisha wants to paint the four walls of her living room. Each wall is 2.4 m high and 3.7 m long.
One wall has a door of 2 m by 0.7 m.
Tins of paint cost £12 per 1.5 L tin.
Each litre of paint can cover 8 m2 of wall.
There is an offer of: Buy 2 tins get the 3rd at half price.
How much will Aisha pay to paint her living room?

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  £30

Step-by-step explanation:

The total area of the four walls is ...

  A = 4 × LW

  A = 4 × (2.4 m)(3.7 m) = 35.52 m²

Subtracting the area of the door, we find the painted area to be ...

  35.52 m² -(2 m)(0.7 m) = 34.12 m²

Painting this area will require ...

  (34.12 m²)/(8 m²/L × 1.5 L/tin) = 2.8433... tins

Aisha will need to buy 3 tins of paint, for which she pays 2.5 times the price of 1 tin:

  2.5 × £12 = £30 . . . . Aisha's cost to paint her living room