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Sarah uses 9.9 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 3/5

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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Answer: 3.96 pints

Step-by-step explanation: if 3/5 is blue, then 2/5 has to be white (since 3/5 + 2/5 = 1). Multiply 9.9 by 2/5 to get 3.96 pints

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