Question

Carla has 9 cans of paint. It takes 1/2 can of paint to paint a chair. How many chairs can she paint with her 9 cans of paint?

Answer 1

so with 1/2 cans she can paint 1 chair !
then with 1 can, she can paint 1/(1/2)= 2 chairs !

so with 9 cans , she can paint , 9×2 =18 chairs ......answer .....!!

Answer 2

18...as half a can can paint 1 chair which means full can can paint two ...thats =9*2=18