Bill has enough money to buy no more than 1/2 pound of cheese. how much cheese could he buy?

Since Bill doesn't have enough money to buy more than 1/2 pound of cheese, the most cheese he could buy with his money is half a pound.

the law of definite proportions states samples of a compound will always contain the same proportion of elements by mass. in other words, a given compound will always contain the same elements in the same proportions by mass.the law of multiple proportions states when two elements combine with each other to form more than one compound, then the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.