Question

Janet has 4/9 gallon of paint. She uses 1/8 of she has to cover 3 canvases. She uses the same amount of paint for each canvas. What amount of paint does Janet use to cover each canvas?

Answer 1

`(1)/(24)` gallon.

Explanation:

We have been given that Janet has 4/9 gallon of paint. She uses 1/8 of she has to cover 3 canvases.

Let us find amount of paint used for 3 canvases by calculating 1/8 of 4/9 as:

`\text{Amount of paint used for 3 canvases}=(4)/(9)* (1)/(8)`

`\text{Amount of paint used for 3 canvases}=(1)/(9)* (1)/(2)`

`\text{Amount of paint used for 3 canvases}=(1)/(18)`

We are also told that Janet uses the same amount of paint for each canvas. To find the amount of paint used to cover each paint, we will divide 1/18 by 3 as:

`\text{Amount of paint used for each canvas}=((1)/(18))/(3)`

Applying fraction rule
`((a)/(b))/(c)=(a)/(bc)`, we will get:

`\text{Amount of paint used for each canvas}=(1)/(18* 3)`

`\text{Amount of paint used for each canvas}=(1)/(24)`

Therefore, Janet uses
`(1)/(24)` gallon of paint to cover each canvas.