Olivia uses 7.9 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls.
4
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5
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?
Express your answer in
fraction and decimal form.
+37146 4/5 is blue then 1/5 is white
1/5 * 7.9 = 7.9 / 5 = 79/50 as a fraction 79/50 = 1.58 pints of white
