Given:
Total paint used = 7.9 pints
Blue paint is [tex]\dfrac{2}{5}[/tex] of this amount.
The remaining paint is white.
To find:
The amount of white paint.
Solution:
Blue paint is [tex]\dfrac{2}{5}[/tex] of 7.9 pints.
[tex]\text{Blue paint}=7.9\times \dfrac{2}{5}[/tex]
[tex]\text{Blue paint}=3.16[/tex]
Now,
[tex]\text{White paint}=\text{Total paint}-\text{Blue paint}[/tex]
[tex]\text{White paint}=7.9-3.16[/tex]
[tex]\text{White paint}=4.74[/tex]
Therefore, the total white paint used in Celia's bedroom walls is 4.74 pints.
