Question

Betsy uses 8.8 of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 1/4 of this amount is blue paint. And th rest is white how many pints of white paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls

Answer 1

Betsy used 6.6 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom walls after calculating that 3/4 of the total 8.8 pints she used was white.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how many pints of white paint Betsy used if 1/4 of the 8.8 pints of paint she used for her bedroom walls was blue paint. Since 1/4 of the paint is blue, then 3/4 of the paint must be white. To find out how much white paint Betsy used, we perform the following calculation:

• Total amount of paint: 8.8 pints
• Fraction of blue paint: 1/4 of total
• Fraction of white paint: 1 - (1/4) = 3/4
• Amount of white paint: 3/4 of total = (3/4) × 8.8 pints

First, we calculate the amount of white paint: (3/4) × 8.8 = 6.6 pints. Therefore, Betsy used 6.6 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom walls.

Answer 2

6.6 pints of white paint is used to paint the bedroom walls

Step-by-step explanation:

Pints of blue paint used to paint the bedroom walls = 8.8

Ratio of blue paint used =
`(1)/(4)`

Therefore,

Ratio of white paint used =
`1-(1)/(4)=(3)/(4)`

Pints of white paint used to paint the bedroom walls =
`(3)/(4)(8.8)=3(2.2)=6.6`

Therefore,

6.6 pints of white paint is used to paint the bedroom walls.