Kaylee has 2 gallons each of red and blue paint, and 1 gallon each of orange and green paint. She paints her bedroom with these jars of paint. If she uses $/frac{2}{3}$ of the red paint, $/frac{1}{4}$ of the blue paint, $/frac{1}{2}$ of the orange paint, and $/frac{5}{7}$ of the green paint, how much paint (in gallons) does Kaylee have left over

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Cameron Cochran

Mathematics

2 July, 09:11

Kaylee has 2 gallons each of red and blue paint, and 1 gallon each of orange and green paint. She paints her bedroom with these jars of paint. If she uses $/frac{2}{3}$ of the red paint, $/frac{1}{4}$ of the blue paint, $/frac{1}{2}$ of the orange paint, and $/frac{5}{7}$ of the green paint, how much paint (in gallons) does Kaylee have left over

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Riley Roberts · Answer 1

3 (73/84) left over

Step-by-step explanation:

She had 6 gallons in total

2/3+1/4+1/2+5/7=179/84 = 2 (11/84)

6/1-179/84 = 325/84 = 3 (73/84)

She used 179/84

She have left 325/84

179/84 + 325/84 = 6

With mixed numbers:

2 11/84

3 73/84

2+3=5 11/84+73/84 = 84/84 = 1

5+1=6