Genevieve uses 7.7 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls. 1 4 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?

She used 5.775 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom walls.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question can be solved using a system of equations.

I am going to say that:

x is the amount of white paint used.

y is the amount of blue paint used.

7.7 pints of blue paint and white paint to paint her bedroom walls.

This means that

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

The rest is 1-(1/4) = 3/4. That is, the amount of white paint is the triple of the amount of blue paint. That is, , or

Replacing in the first equation:

She used 5.775 pints of white paint to paint her bedroom walls.

175

step-by-step explanation:

2 inches x 10 miles = 200 miles - 3 inches = 175

2/3

step-by-step explanation:

the slope of a line is equal to the rise/run. in this case the line rises 2 units for every +3 units it moves