SOLUTION: If u use a half a can of paint to paint 5 chairs and u used the same amount on each chair, how much did u use on each chair?

Question 719817:
If u use a half a can of paint to paint 5 chairs and u used the same amount on each chair, how much did u use on each chair?
Found 2 solutions by checkley79, josmiceli:
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.5/5=.1 or 10% of the can of paint was used for each chair.

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can ask this same question in a different way:
" How can I divide a half-can of paint into 5 equal parts? "
You can paint a single chair with 1/5 of the half-can of paint
A 1/5 of a half-can is the same as 1/10 of a whole can.
So, the 5 chairs get:
1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 = 5/10
and 5/10 is a half-can of paint
So, each chair gets 1/10 of a can of paint
Make sense?

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