SOLUTION: A paint mixture is made of 3/20 red paint and 9/20 blue paint and the rest is white paint. a. What fraction of the mixture is white paint? b. The paint is sold in 5-litres cont

Question 1096265: A paint mixture is made of 3/20 red paint and 9/20 blue paint and the rest is white paint.
a. What fraction of the mixture is white paint?
b. The paint is sold in 5-litres containers, how many litres of red paint are needed for each container?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Red:
Blue:
White:
So then the total would equal 1 or
So,

So then the fraction is,

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3/4 liter of red is needed.

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