Question

Gabrielle uses 7.6 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:

1.9

Step-by-step explanation:

Gabrielle uses 7.6 pints of blue and white paint to paint her bedroom

1/4 of the paint is blue paint

Therefore the amount of white paint she used to paint her bedroom can he calculated as follows

= 1/4

= 0.25×100

= 25%

25/100×7.6

= 2.5 × 7.6

= 1.9

Hence 1.9 pints of white paint was used to paint the room