Next on his checklist is wax to stick the feathers together and colors to paint them. He needs a total of 49 g of colors to paint them. If the feathers require 288 g of wax and right now he just needs 260 g how many grams of wax does he already have?
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1. He needs a total of 49 g of colors to paint them. 
2. If the feathers require 288 g of wax

So we can say that 1 g of color requires 288/49 = 5.9 g of wax. 

3. Right now he just needs 260 g

So we can say that he has 260/5.9 = 44 g of wax.