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Sharon uses 6.3 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 4 5 of this amount is blue paint, and the rest is white paint. How many pints of white paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls?

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Given:

Sharon uses 6.3 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls.


image of this amount is blue paint and the rest is white paint.

To find:

The pints of white paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls.

Solution:

We have,

Total paint used = 6.3 pints

Blue paint =
image of total paint used

=
image

=
image

White paint = Total paint used - Blue paint

=
image

=
image

Therefore, Sharon uses 1.26 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom walls.

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