Solve.A hardware store took an inventory of its paint. They had 2.5 times as many gallons of red paint as of blue paint. They had 10 more gallons of yellow paint than red paint. Taken together, the red, yellow and blue paint came to 322 gallons. How many gallons of blue paint were there? Round to the nearest tenth of a gallon.

A. 16.8 gallons
B. 83.2 gallons
C. 52.0 gallons
D. 72.0 gallons


Answer: C

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