SOLUTION: Ms. McGuillicuddy is painting her house fern green. She needs 15 gallons of paint. The formula for mixing fern green is 4 parts yellow to 1 part blue. How many gallons of the yello

Question 977159: Ms. McGuillicuddy is painting her house fern green. She needs 15 gallons of paint. The formula for mixing fern green is 4 parts yellow to 1 part blue. How many gallons of the yellow paint and of the blue paint will Ms. McGuillicuddy need?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Formula is 4 parts Yellow to 1 part Blue
To end up with 15 gallons of paint made up in
the ratio of 4:1
12 gallons of Yellow must be added to 3 gallons of Blue
12:3 divided by 3 = 4:1
Hope this helps:-)

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