Araceli uses 8.2 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 1/4 of this amount is blue paint, and the rest is white paint. How many pints of white paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls?

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Alexander Strickland

Mathematics

4 January, 03:24

Araceli uses 8.2 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 1/4 of this amount is blue paint, and the rest is white paint. How many pints of white paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls?

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Evelin Preston · Answer 1

Araceli uses 6.15 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom walls

Step-by-step explanation:

8.2 pints = blue and white paint

blue paint = 8.2/4

white paint = 8.2 - (8.2/4)

8.2/4 = 2.05

8.2 - 2.05 = 6.15