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Tyler buys 3 cans that each contain 3 quarts of blue paint, and he buys 1 can that contains 2 quarts of white paint. What is the total quantity of paint in quarts? Write your answer as a numerical expression with exponents.

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The answer you are looking for is 3^2+2

hope this helps :)

User DonGar
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Tyler has 3 cans of blue paint. Each contains 3 quarts separately. What you need to do is multiply 3 and 3, which would total to 9 quarts. Since you need to include exponents, I´m guessing 3 cubed (3 to the third power) will work. He also buys 1 can of white paint, which only contains 2 quarts. You should add that to the 9 quarts we got from the last steps. I am not sure if this answer is entirely correct, but my guess is 3^3 + 2 = 11 quarts.
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