document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1055547>Question 1055547</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It takes 5/6 gallon of paint to paint a wall. If there is 1/2 gallon of paint, what fraction of the wall can be painted. I know the answer is 3/5 by drawing a diagram but no idea how to get there mathematically. Thanks. Parent of a 6th grader.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of the wall is an unknown, let it be x. We know that 5/6 of a gallon covers x. The question, though, is what if we only have 1/2 gallon, how much of x can we then cover.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/6x = 1/2 divide both sides by 5/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (1/2)/(5/6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1/2*6/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (1*6)/2*5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6/10 simplify, divide numerator and denominator by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3/5 </SPAN>\n" );
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