Kimberly uses 9.8 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 2/5 of this amounts blue paint, and the rest is white paint. How many pints of white paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls?

The answer to your question is she uses 5.88 pints of white pints.

Step-by-step explanation:

Data

Total paint = 9.8 pints

2/5 are blue paint

white paint = ?

Process

1.- Calculate the volume of blue paint

          9.8 x 2/5 = 19.6/5 = 3.92 pints

  There are 3.92 pints of blue paint

2.- Calculate the volume of white paint

           9.8 - 3.92 = 5.88 pints of white paint

she used 5.88 pints of white paint

Step-by-step explanation:

Kimberly uses 9.8 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. If 2/5 of this amount is blue paint, it means that the amount of blue paint that she used in painting her bedroom walls is

2/5 × 9.8 = 3.92 pints of blue paint.

Therefore, the pints of white paint that she used to paint her bedroom walls is

9.8 - 3.92 = 5.88 pints of white paint