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mr. phillips is mixing paint for his art class. how many 6 ounce bottles can he fill with the quantities of paint shown at the right? explain paint 64 ounces of blue, 12 ounces of yellow, 32 ounces of white.

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The first thing you should do in this case is to know how many ounces of paint you have:
Painting = 64 + 12 + 32 = 108
Then, to calculate the number of 6-ounce bottles you must divide the total number of ounces by 6:
n = (108) / (6) = 18
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Mr. Phillips cans fill 18 bottles of paint
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