Question

Louise uses 7.2 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 1 4 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

Answer:

Louise used 5.4 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom wall.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total amount of paint used = 7.2 pints

Amount of Blue paint = $\frac{1}{4}$

We need to find the how many pints of white paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls.

Solution:

Amount in pints of Blue paint = $\frac{1}{4}\times 7.2= 1.8\ pints.$

Now we can say that;

Amount in pints of white paint is equal to Total amount of paint used minus Amount in pints of Blue paint.

framing in equation form we get;

Amount in pints of white paint = $7.2-1.8=5.4\ pints$

Hence Louise used 5.4 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom wall.