Question

Jason has already used 4/12 cans of paint while painting furniture. He is painting chairs which each use 10/6 cans of paint.

What is the total number cans used if he paints 19 chairs?
Your final answer should be a decimal.

Answer 1

You should be able to figure out this answer if you pay attention in class

Answer 2

Based off of the calculations I did, I got 32 as the answer.

Explanation:

Jason uses 10/6 of the paint for each chair he paints and according to the question, there are 19 chairs.

So we multiply these two numbers to get the amount of paint used after painting all 19 chairs.

10/6 * 19 = 31.666...

Then we add the previous amount Jason used for painting the furniture to the total amount of paint used after painting the 19 chairs.

31.666... + 4/12 = 32.

Thus, Jason used 32 cans of paint in total.