Carli has 4 1/2 walls left to paint in order for all the bedrooms in her house to have the same color paint. however, she has used almost all of her paint and only has 5/6 of a gallon left.
how much paint can she use on each wall in order to have enough to paint the remaining walls?

The paint required to paint the remaining walls is of a gallon.

Step-by-step explanation:

As per the question:

The walls left to paint by Carli =

                                                  =

The amount of paint left = of a gallon

Now, the paint required to complete the remaining walls is given by:

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-2

7 - 9 = -2

reversed:

-2 + 9 = 7

the answer is y < -3 or   y > 3

-3y > 7 + 2

-3 y > 9

y < -3