Question

It takes 23 minutes for 6 people to paint 6 walls. How many minutes does it take 9 people to paint 9 walls?

Answer 1

23

Explanation:

Imagine that each person is assigned one wall, and all 6 people begin painting at the same time.

Since everyone will finish painting their assigned wall after 23 minutes, it takes one person 23 minutes to paint one wall.

If we have 9 people and 9 walls, we can again assign one wall to each person.

Everyone will take 23 minutes to paint their assigned wall.

In other words, it takes 23 minutes for 9 people to paint 9 walls.

Answer 2

Since the proportion is the same, it is also 23 minutes.