Question

Shelly bought a 2-ounce tube of blue paint. She used 2/3 Ounce to paint the water,3/5 once to paint the sky and some to paint a flag. After that she has 2/15 ounce left.How much paint did Shelby used to paint her flag?(PlS ANSWER)

Answer 1

Imagine that x (ounce) is the amount of paint used to paint the flag

Base on the information, we know that:

2/3 + 3/5 + 2/15 + x = 2

x = 2 - 2/3 - 3/5 - 2/15

x = 30/15 - 10/15 - 9/15 - 2/15

x = 9/15 = 0.6 (ounce)

So the amount of paint used to paint the flag is 0.6 ounce.