Question

Keiko uses 8.8 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. 4/5 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

1.76pints of blue paint

Explanation:

The total number of paint used = 8.8pints

If 4/5 of this amount is white paint, then the amount of white pint is expressed as;

`= (4)/(5)*8.8\\= (35.2)/(5)\\`

= 7.04

This means the amount of white paint used is 7.04pints.

amount of blue paint used = Total amount of paint - amount of white paint

amount of blue white paint used = 8.8 - 7.04

amount of blue paint used = 1.76pints of paint