SOLUTION: Lee buys two buckets of paint, each containing 3.25 gallons of paint. He uses 4.75 gallons of paint. How many gallons of paint were not used?

SOLUTION: Lee buys two buckets of paint, each containing 3.25 gallons of paint. He uses 4.75 gallons of paint. How many gallons of paint were not used?

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Question 1208275: Lee buys two buckets of paint, each containing 3.25 gallons of paint.
He uses 4.75 gallons of paint. How many gallons of paint were not
used?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    3.25 + 3.25 - 4.75 = 1.75 gallons of paint were not used.    ANSWER

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