Kelly uses 7.4 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. 1 4 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?

5.5 pints of blue paint she use to paint her bedroom walls.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Kelly uses 7.4 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls.  

1/4 of this amount is white paint, and the rest is blue paint.

Now, to find the pints of blue paint she use to paint her bedroom walls.

Total pints of white paint and blue paint = 7.4 pints.

of this amount is white paint.

So, first we need to find the pints of white paint:

Thus, the amount of white paint is 1.85 pints.

Now, to get the pints of blue paint we subtract the pints of white paint from the total amount of white paint and blue paint:

Therefore, 5.5 pints of blue paint she use to paint her bedroom walls.

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