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James uses 8.3 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint his bedroom walls. 3 5 of this amount is white paint, and the rest is blue paint. How many pints of blue paint did she use to paint his bedroom walls?

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Answer:

4.8 was the blue paint

Explanation:

If you subtract 8.3 (the whole amount of both white and blue) and 3.5 (the white paint) you should get 4.8, and that would be how many pints of blue paint she used.

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