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Kimberly uses 9.8 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 2/5 of this amounts 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: she used 5.88 pints of white paint

Explanation:

Kimberly uses 9.8 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. If 2/5 of this amount is blue paint, it means that the amount of blue paint that she used in painting her bedroom walls is

2/5 × 9.8 = 3.92 pints of blue paint.

Therefore, the pints of white paint that she used to paint her bedroom walls is

9.8 - 3.92 = 5.88 pints of white paint

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Answer:

The answer to your question is she uses 5.88 pints of white pints.

Explanation:

Data

Total paint = 9.8 pints

2/5 are blue paint

white paint = ?

Process

1.- Calculate the volume of blue paint

9.8 x 2/5 = 19.6/5 = 3.92 pints

There are 3.92 pints of blue paint

2.- Calculate the volume of white paint

9.8 - 3.92 = 5.88 pints of white paint

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