Marsha uses 8.5 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. 2/5 of this amount is white paint, and

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Marsha uses 8.5 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. 2/5

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?

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Math Middle School Minh Khuê 4 weeks 2023-01-08T18:51:39+00:00 2023-01-08T18:51:39+00:00 1 Answer 0 views 0

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Captcha* Giải phương trình 1 ẩn: x + 2 - 2(x + 1) = -x . Hỏi x = ? ( )

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thaiduong · Answer 1 · 2023-01-08T18:53:20+00:00

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2023-01-08T18:53:20+00:00 January 8, 2023 at 6:53 pm

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Answer:

5.1 pints

Step-by-step explanation:

Theres 2 ways

First way:

We can do 2/5 of 8.5 which is 3.4. Then, we can subtract 3.4 from 8.5 and get 5.1 pints.

Second way:

We can simply do 3/5 of 8.5 because the remaining 3/5 of the paint is blue. 3/5 of 8.5 is 5.1 pints

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