Question

Jenny uses 7.5 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls.

2
5
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

She uses 7.7 pints

Explanation:

Answer 2

the number of pints of blue paint did she use for painting her bedroom walls is 1.875 pints

Explanation:

The computation of the number of pints of blue paint did she use for painting her bedroom walls is shown below:

= Total pint × blue paint

= 7.5 × (1 - 3 ÷ 4)

= 7.5 × 1 ÷ 4

= 1.875 pints

Hence, the number of pints of blue paint did she use for painting her bedroom walls is 1.875 pints