Question

Gianna and Seyon each made salsa for a party. Gianna used 3 and 1/2 cans of tomatoes. Seyon used 2 and 2/3 times as many cans as Gianna. How many cans of tomatoes did Seyon use?​

Answer 1

`9(1)/(3)` cans

Explanation:

Gianna used 3
`(1)/(2)` cans, which can be written as
`(7)/(2)` (since 3 is 6 halves, plus the one half). Seyon used 2 and
`(2)/(3)` times as many, which is
`(8)/(3)` times as many (2 is six thirds, plus the two thirds).

Now, we multiply
`(7)/(2)` by
`(8)/(3)`:

`(7)/(2)` *
`(8)/(3)` =
`(56)/(6)` =
`(28)/(3)` =
`9(1)/(3)` cans

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