A wall mural has four different colors of paint in it: red, white, purple, and yellow. There are equal amounts of red, white, and purple paint in the mural. Half the mural is yellow. If the mural used 12 pints of paint in all, how many pints of red paint was used?
Answer: 2 pints
Step-by-step solution
Step 1: Determine the amount of yellow paint
The problem states that half the mural is yellow paint. Since the total amount of paint used is given as 12 pints, we can calculate the amount of yellow paint by taking half of the total.
Step 2: Calculate the remaining paint
After determining the amount of yellow paint, we need to find out how much paint is left for the other three colors: red, white, and purple. This is done by subtracting the yellow paint from the total paint.
Step 3: Determine the amount of red paint
The problem states that there are equal amounts of red, white, and purple paint. Since we've calculated the total amount of paint remaining for these three colors, we can find the amount of red paint by dividing the remaining paint equally among the three colors.
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