<em><u>Question:</u></em>
You have a 32-foot fence around a square garden. There are 4 equal sections. You paint 1/3 of one section of the fence. What fraction of the fence did you paint?
<em><u>Answer:</u></em>
The fraction of the fence painted is
<em><u>Solution:</u></em>
Given that:
You have a 32-foot fence around a square garden. There are 4 equal sections
<em><u>Find the length of each section:
</u></em>
4 sections = 32 foot
<em><u>Find the length that is painted:
</u></em>
Therefore foot of fence is painted
<em><u>Find the fraction that that is painted:</u></em>
Total length of fence = 32
Therefore fraction of the fence is painted