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

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

1 answer

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:

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