Juanita is mixing orange and blue paint to make yellow paint. She has 58

Question

of a gallon of blue paint, but she needs 78
of a gallon. How much more blue paint does she need? Simplify the answer.(1 point)
Responses

18
Start Fraction 1 over 8 End Fraction

128
Start Fraction 12 over 8 End Fraction

28
Start Fraction 2 over 8 End Fraction

14

Answer 1

To determine how much more blue paint Juanita needs, we need to subtract the amount of blue paint she currently has from the amount she needs.

She needs \( \frac{7}{8} \) gallon of blue paint and has \( \frac{5}{8} \) gallon.

So, we subtract:

\[ \frac{7}{8} - \frac{5}{8} = \frac{7 - 5}{8} = \frac{2}{8} \]

We can simplify \( \frac{2}{8} \):

\[ \frac{2}{8} = \frac{1}{4} \]

However, among the response options provided, it seems that \( \frac{2}{8} \) was listed. The answer is:

\[ \frac{2}{8} \]