Maggie uses 6.9 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. 3 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?

2.76 pints

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Tottal amount of paint used = 6.9 pints

The faction of white paint used = 3/5

Hence, Amount of white Paint used :

3/5 * 6.9 = (3 * 6.9) / 5 = 4.14 pints of white paint.

Pints of blue paints used :

Total pints - pints of white used

6.9 - 4.14 = 2.76 pints of blue paint

5 x 14?

im new, sorry if this is wrong.

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

we are given

since, we have to isolate x on anyone side

so, we can move all x terms on one side

subtract both sides by 2x

add both sides by 9

divide both sides by 4

we get