Question

Tara 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

the blue paints of 1.76 pints is used to paint her bedroom walls

Explanation:

Given that

Tara uses 8.8 pints of white paint

And, the 4 by 5 of this amount represent the white paint

We need to find out the number of paint used by the blue paint

So,

= 8.8 - (8.8 × 4 ÷ 5)

= 8.8 - 7.04

= 1.76 pints

Hence, the blue paints of 1.76 pints is used to paint her bedroom walls