Cole combines 8.73 liters of red paint with 8.86 liters of blue paint to make purple paint. Hepours the paint equally into 4 containers, and has 0.23 liters of paint left over. How many litersof paint are in each container?
8.73 + 8.86 ==17.59 Liters of purple paint.
[17.59 / 4 ] - [0.23 / 4]==4.3975 - 0.0575 ==4.34 Liters of purple paint in each container.
Check: 4.34 x 4 ==17.36 + 0.23 [left over paint] ==17.59