Question

Sam used 17 cans of paint to paint 6 walls. He used the same amount of paint on each wall. Which is the correct way to show how to find how many cans of paint he used for each wall.

Answer 1

The number of cans of paint he used for each wall is
`2(5)/(6)` cans

Explanation:

Here we are told that Sam used 17 cans of paint to paint 6 walls

The correct way to find out how many cans of paint he used to paint each wall is as follows

Number of walls 17 cans of paint can paint = 6 Walls, we therefore divide both side of the equation by 6 so that the number of walls painted will be 1 as follows

6 Walls = Number of walls 17 cans of paint can paint

6/6 Walls = Number of walls 17/6 cans of paint can paint

∴ 1 Walls = Number of walls 17/6 cans of paint can paint or

∴ 1 Wall = Number of walls
`2(5)/(6)` cans of paint can paint

Which gives;

Number of walls
`2(5)/(6)` cans of paint can paint = 1 Wall or

The number of cans of paint he used for each wall =
`2(5)/(6)` cans.