Andrea uses 9.8 pints of blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. 2/5 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?

14.7 pints of white paint

IF two different colors were used.

IF she mixed paint to get a light blue, 3/5 of the total would be about 5.9 pints.

Step-by-step explanation:

If 9.8 is 2/5 of the total amount used, set up the equation as 9.8= 2x/5

You get the total amount of paint used is 24.5 pints. Subtract the 9.8 of blue to find the amount of white. That's 14.7 pints.

In practical, real life, a quart of paint covers about 100 square feet. That's an average 8 ft high by 12 ft wide wall.

So that is why I edited this answer. 24 pints is 3 gallons-- that is enough for 3 bedrooms.

And I wish that Math teachers used more common measurements of paint!

if you mean

then it's c. 8, -7/3

but if you mean

then it is

step-by-step explanation: