Answer:
1/8 or 0.125
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the length of the sides of the square ABCD.
Therefore, the length of CN and CM is x/2.
The area of the triangle MCN is:
The area of the square ABCD is:
Thus, the probability that a random point lies in the triangle MCN is:
The probability that the point will lie in the triangle MCN is 1/8 or 0.125.
Given:
Sharon uses 6.3 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls.
of this amount is blue paint and the rest is white paint.
To find:
The pints of white paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls.
Solution:
We have,
Total paint used = 6.3 pints
Blue paint = of total paint used
=
=
White paint = Total paint used - Blue paint
=
=
Therefore, Sharon uses 1.26 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom walls.