Alana bought some cans of paint and 1/2 of a liter of special paint additive formulated to reduce mildew. Before painting her house, she used all of the additive to put 1/8 of a liter of additive in each can. How many cans of paint did Alana buy?

Alana bought 4 cans of paint additive

Step-by-step explanation:

Proportions

If a proportional amount of x is to be distributed between y elements, each one of them gets x/y portions.

For example, if we have 100 coins and distribute evenly between 20 boxes, each box will receive 100/20=5 coins.

Alana bought 1/2 of a liter of the special paint additive and evenly distributed it between an unknown number of cans, let's call it C. We also know each can received 1/8 of a liter of the additive. That is the proportion of the 1/2 liter of additive.

We can establish the following condition:

Solving for x:

Transform the division into a product:

Alana bought 4 cans of paint additive

d, x=8

step-by-step explanation:

simplifying

4x + -5 = 2x + 11

reorder the terms:

-5 + 4x = 2x + 11

reorder the terms:

-5 + 4x = 11 + 2x

solving

-5 + 4x = 11 + 2x

solving for variable 'x'.

move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.

add '-2x' to each side of the equation.

-5 + 4x + -2x = 11 + 2x + -2x

combine like terms: 4x + -2x = 2x

-5 + 2x = 11 + 2x + -2x

combine like terms: 2x + -2x = 0

-5 + 2x = 11 + 0

-5 + 2x = 11

add '5' to each side of the equation.

-5 + 5 + 2x = 11 + 5

combine like terms: -5 + 5 = 0

0 + 2x = 11 + 5

2x = 11 + 5

combine like terms: 11 + 5 = 16

2x = 16

divide each side by '2'.

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