Question

Louise uses 7.2 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 1 4 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?

Answer 1

Louise used 5.4 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom wall.

Explanation:

Given:

Total amount of paint used = 7.2 pints

Amount of Blue paint =
`(1)/(4)`

We need to find the how many pints of white paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls.

Solution:

Amount in pints of Blue paint =
`(1)/(4)* 7.2= 1.8\ pints.`

Now we can say that;

Amount in pints of white paint is equal to Total amount of paint used minus Amount in pints of Blue paint.

framing in equation form we get;

Amount in pints of white paint =
`7.2-1.8=5.4\ pints`

Hence Louise used 5.4 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom wall.