document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=254918>Question 254918</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Initially there were 7 liters of blue paint and 10 liters of crimson paint. A paint job uses 20% of the blue and 80% of the crimson paint.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) What percentage of the total combined amount of paint is used during the job?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) What percentage of the total combined amount of paint remains after the job is finished?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A paint job uses 20% of the blue and 80% of the crimson paint.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) What percentage of the total combined amount of paint is used during the job?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Amount Used = 0.20*7 + 0.80*10 = 1.4 + 8 = 9.4 liters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Percent Used: 9.4/(7+10) = 0.5529 = 55.29%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) What percentage of the total combined amount of paint remains after the job is finished?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: 100% - 55.29% = 44.71%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. <BR>\n" );
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