It took 1 1/3 cans of paint to paint 2/5 of a room. What fraction of the room can you paint with 1 can of paint?
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To find out what fraction of the room you can paint with 1 can of paint, we need to first calculate how much of the room can be painted with 1 1/3 cans of paint.
1 1/3 cans of paint is equivalent to (3/3 + 1/3) = 4/3 cans of paint.
If 4/3 cans of paint can paint 2/5 of the room, then we can multiply the fraction of the room painted by a single can of paint by the reciprocal of 4/3 to determine the fraction of the room that can be painted with 1 can.
Reciprocal of 4/3 = 3/4
So, (2/5) * (3/4) = (6/20) = 3/10
Therefore, 1 can of paint can paint 3/10 of the room.
1 1/3 = 4/3
1 is 3/4 * 4/3
So, you can paint 3/4 * 2/5 = 3/10 of a room