Question

Ruby combines 8.27 liters of red paint with 6.65 liters of blue paint to make purple paint. She pours the paint equally into 2 containers, and has 1.56 liters of paint left over. How many liters of paint are in each container?

Total paint = 8.27 + 6.65
Container
Container
Paint left
?
1.56
There are
liters of paint in each container.

Answer 1

There are 6.68 liters of paint in each container.

Explanation:

First, add both of the paint values to get 14.92. Subtract the remaining paint value to get the paint that was organized into the containers (13.36). Divide the value of paint by 2 to get 6.68.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Josie combines 8.27 liters of red paint with 6.65 liters of blue paint to make purple paint. This means that the total number of liters of paint in the mixture(purple paint) is

8.27 + 6.65 = 14.92 liters

She pours the paint equally into 2 containers, and has 1.56 liters of paint left over. This means that the amount of paint that she poured inside the 2 containers is

14.92 - 1.56 = 13.36 liters.

Therefore, the number of liters of paint in each container is

13.36/2 = 6.68 liters

Explanation: