Joe had eight sections of fence to paint. He painted 2/3 of each section in one hour. How many hours did it take him to paint all the section of the fence?
(2/3)/1 = 24/3/x
(2/3)x = 24
x = 24 * (3/2)
x = 12
To find out how many hours it took Joe to paint all the sections of the fence, we need to determine the amount of time it took him to paint one section of the fence.
Joe painted 2/3 of each section in one hour, which means he painted (2/3)*1 = 2/3 of a section in one hour.
To find out how many hours it took him to paint all the sections, we divide the total number of sections (8) by the fraction of a section he painted in one hour (2/3):
8 / (2/3) = 8 * (3/2) = (8*3)/2 = 24/2 = 12
Therefore, it took Joe 12 hours to paint all the sections of the fence.
To find out how many hours it took Joe to paint all the sections of the fence, we need to determine how much time it took him to paint one section and then multiply that by the total number of sections.
We know that Joe painted 2/3 of each section in one hour. Let's calculate the fraction of the section he painted in one hour:
2/3 * 1 = 2/3
So, Joe painted 2/3 of one section in one hour.
Now we can find out how many hours it took him to paint all eight sections:
8 sections * (2/3 section/hour) = 16/3 hours
However, it's important to express the answer in a simplified form. 16/3 can be simplified to 5 and 1/3. Therefore, it took Joe 5 hours and 1/3 of an hour to paint all the sections of the fence.