Perry makes 4 2/3 ounces of red paint and 3 1/3 oz of yellow paint to make the right shade of orange paint he needs 40 oz of orange paint to paint the top of a desk how many ounces of red and yellow paint should Perry use to make enough orange paint to cover the top of the desk

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Why did you omit punctuation?

Apparently you don't want to make your question very easy to read!
Jim is mixing 3 oz of red paint to 5 oz of white paint. He uses a total of 21 oz. of paint.
How many oz of white paint did he use?