Question

Daniel combines 6.42 liters of red paint with 6.87 liters of blue paint to make purple paint. He pours the paint equally into 3 containers, and has 2.64 liters of paint left over. How many liters of paint are in each container?

Answer 1

3.55 liters

Explanation:

Daniel combines 6.42 liters of red paint with 6.87 liters of blue paint to make purple paint

= 6.42 + 6.87

= 13.29

He has 2.64 paints as left over

= 13.29-2.64

= 10.65

He pours the paint equally into three containers, therefore the amount of paint in each container can be calculated as follows

= 10.65/3

= 3.55 liters

Hence there are 3.55 liters in each container