Joe needs to paint all the airplane hangars at the airport, so he buys 360 gallons of paint to do the job. During the first week, he uses 1/4 of all the paint. During the second week, he uses 1/7 of the remaining paint. How many gallons of paint has Joe used?
Pick.
A) 18  B) 128  C) 175  D) 216  E) 250

Rationale: "total paint initially = 360 gallons paint used in the first week = ( 1 / 4 ) * 360 = 90 gallons . remaning paint = 270 gallons paint used in the second week = ( 1 / 7 ) * 270 = 38 gallons total paint used = 128 gallons . option b"
Answer: B