Question

Taylor painted 9/2 square yards of wall with three gallons of paint .How many gallons of paint does it take to paint each square yard of wall?

Answer 1

may some one please help me

Answer 2

please im begging you

Answer 3

Based on the given info, we can effectively make the equation
9/2 square yards = 3 gallons of paint

If we multiplied both sides by 2, we then get
9/2 square yards = 3 gallons of paint
2*9/2 square yards = 2*3 gallons of paint
9 square yards = 6 gallons of paint

Does that make sense so far?

Answer 4

no not really

Answer 5

im only in 6th grade

Answer 6

lol

Answer 7

I have this fraction

Answer 8

then I multiplied both sides by 2 so that the fraction cancels out

Answer 9

Hopefully that clears things up a bit

Answer 10

why do you cancel it out

Answer 11

because fractions are a pain to deal with and it's easier to work with whole numbers

Answer 12

oh ok can you explain more

Answer 13

ok so far we have
9 square yards = 6 gallons of paint

This means 9 square yards of wall need 6 gallons of paint

The goal is to find out how many gallons are needed for 1 square yard

Answer 14

oh ok so whats the next step

Answer 15

how can we turn the "9 square yards" into "1 square yard" ?

hint: we'll have to divide both sides by some number

Answer 16

divide by 9 ?

Answer 17

yes

Answer 18

what do you get when you do so?

Answer 19

1 and umm

Answer 20

yes you'll have "9 square yards" turn into "1 square yard"
what does the "6 gallons of paint" turn into?

Answer 21

ok so 6 gallons would turn into 1.5

Answer 22

i think

Answer 23

it looks like you divided 9 over 6, which is not correct

Answer 24

You have to swap the order

Answer 25

ok so it would be 23 simlified

Answer 26

use your calculator to compute 6 divided by 9

Answer 27

0.66 and 0.66 as a fraction is 33/50

Answer 28

Does your teacher want the answer as a decimal? or as a fraction?

Answer 29

fraction

Answer 30

ok then you'll reduce 6/9 to get ____ (fill in the blank)

Answer 31

tell me what you get

Answer 32

um

Answer 33

i dont know what do i do to answer this 6/9 to get ____

Answer 34

hello

Answer 35

helooo

Answer 36

anyone

Answer 37

wassup

Answer 38

heloo

Answer 39

lol

Answer 40

hi

Answer 41

what grades are everyone in im in 6

Answer 42

lets not get off topic

Answer 43

oh yea ok

Answer 44

are there mc

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you get that???

Answer 46

yea

Answer 47

ok

Answer 48

sorry i was afk i just dont know the next step

Answer 49

ok so now, we cross multiply. do you know what that is?

Answer 50

yes

Answer 51

ok so no, here's a better way.



now what is 9/2(x) and what is 1(3)

Answer 52

Sorry I was away
To reduce 6/9 you need to divide both parts by the GCF

Answer 53

^yes or we can do this.

to find GCF, you need to list all the factors of 6 and 9.

then,whatever the largest number they have in common is, divide by that, and you will get your answer.