Answer :

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40.8/8 = 5.1. There were 5.1 gallons of paint in each container.

For this case, the first thing we must do is define variables:

a: total amount of galores:

b: total amount of containers

r: gallon rate per container

We have then:

[tex] r = \frac{a}{b}
[/tex]

Substituting values we have:

[tex]r = \frac{40.8}{8}[/tex]

[tex] r=5.1 [/tex]

Answer:

Each container has 5.1 gallons of paint