Tara uses 8.8 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. 4 5 of this amount is white paint, and the rest is blue paint. How many pints of blue paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls?

the blue paints of 1.76 pints is used to paint her bedroom walls

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that

Tara uses 8.8 pints of white paint

And, the 4 by 5 of this amount represent the white paint

We need to find out the number of paint used by the blue paint

So,

= 8.8 - (8.8 × 4 ÷ 5)

= 8.8 - 7.04

= 1.76 pints

Hence, the blue paints of 1.76 pints is used to paint her bedroom walls

n=1.75+1.75

step-by-step explanation:

3.5/2=1.75