Given :
- Stevie had 1/4 of a gallon of paint. He divided the paint equally into three containers.
To calculate :
- How much paint did he put in each container?
Calculation :
Let us suppose each of the three containers has x gallon of paint.
[tex]\implies\sf{x + x + x = \dfrac{1}{4}}\\ \\ \implies\sf{3x = \dfrac{1}{4}}\\ \\ \implies\sf{x = \dfrac{1}{4} \div 3} \\ \\ \implies\sf{x = \dfrac{1}{4}\times \dfrac{1}{3}} \\ \\ \implies\sf{x = \dfrac{1}{12}}\\[/tex]
Therefore, each container has 1/12 gallons of paint.
