A-Plus Auto Body is painting disigns on a customer's car. They had 18 pints of blue paint on hand. They used 1/2 of it for the f

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A-Plus Auto Body is painting disigns on a customer's car. They had 18 pints of blue paint on hand. They used 1/2 of it for the f

lames, and 1/3 of it for sparks. They need 7 3/4 pints of blue paint to paint the next design. How many more pints of blue paint will they need to buy

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vlabodo [156] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-08T03:27:55+03:00

vlabodo [156]3 years ago

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18 - (1/2×18 + 1/3×18)
18 - (9 + 6)
18 - 15 = 3 pints left

7 3/4 - 3 = 4 3/4
the answer is 4 3/4 pints (or 5 pints if they can only buy whole ones)