Candy has to paint a fence. if she can paint 2/3 of each section in 1/2 hour, and there are 9 sections , how long will it take her to paint the entire fence?

hours

First, find the time it takes to paint each section with this formula:

You can use keep, change, flip, to make this multiplication.

Multiply the numerators.

Multiply the denominators.

So, it takes hour to paint one section of fence.

Now, we just need to find how long it takes to paint 9 sections.

Multiply.

Finally, simplify.