Question

Tamia uses 9.9 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. 1/4 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?

Answer 1

7.425 pints

Explanation:

Given that Tamia uses white and blue paint and 1/4 of the amount is white paint then the fraction of blue paint

= 1 - 1/4

= 3/4

Given that the total quantity of paints is 9.9 pints, the number of blue pints used to paint her bedroom walls

= 3/4 * 9.9

= 29.7/4

= 7.425 pints