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Given:
Matthew's dad hired him to paint 6 wooden patio chairs for $125.
Time taken by him to paint all of the chairs = 9 hours.
It takes the same amount of time to paint each chair.
To find:
The fraction of an hour does it take Matthew to paint one chair
Solution:
Total time = 9 hours
Total number of chairs = 6
Now, time taken by Matthew to paint one chair is
Therefore, Mattew takes of an hour to paint one chair.
Thinking with a model: On dividing the total time by total number of chairs we get time taken by Mattew (in hours) to paint one chair. So, the result represents the fraction of an hour taken by Matthew to paint one chair.