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7 September, 15:58

Kimberly uses 9.8 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 2/5 of this amounts 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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  1. 7 September, 16:00
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    Answer: she used 5.88 pints of white paint

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Kimberly uses 9.8 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. If 2/5 of this amount is blue paint, it means that the amount of blue paint that she used in painting her bedroom walls is

    2/5 * 9.8 = 3.92 pints of blue paint.

    Therefore, the pints of white paint that she used to paint her bedroom walls is

    9.8 - 3.92 = 5.88 pints of white paint
  2. 7 September, 16:24
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    The answer to your question is she uses 5.88 pints of white pints.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Data

    Total paint = 9.8 pints

    2/5 are blue paint

    white paint = ?

    Process

    1. - Calculate the volume of blue paint

    9.8 x 2/5 = 19.6/5 = 3.92 pints

    There are 3.92 pints of blue paint

    2. - Calculate the volume of white paint

    9.8 - 3.92 = 5.88 pints of white paint
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