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Susanna uses 7.4 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her 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 her bedroom walls?

pls help I've been stuck forever

User Mauricio Rodrigues
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Answer: 2.96 pints

Explanation:

3/5 is white paint, so 1 - 3/5 = 2/5 is blue paint

2/5*(7.4) = 2.96 pints

User Noev
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Answer:

It is 6.8

Explanation:

3/5 in decimal form is 0.6, so 7.4 - 0.6 is 6.8.

*Hope this helps*

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