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Tracy bought some cans of paint and 1/2 of a litre of special paint additive formulated to reduce mildew. Before painting her house, she used all of the additive to put 1/6 of a litre of additive in each can. How many cans of paint did Tracy buy?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Tracy bought some cans of paint and 1/2 of a litre of special paint additive formulated to reduce mildew. Before painting her house, she used all of the additive to put 1/6 of a litre of additive in each can. How many cans of paint did Tracy buy?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Tracy used 1/2 litre of additive for all her cans of paint. Each can contained 1/6 litre of the additive. To find out how many cans she had, you divide the total amount of additive used by the amount of additive per can.

So, 1/2 divided by 1/6 equals 3.

Therefore, Tracy bought 3 cans of paint.

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