document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=411201>Question 411201</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose a certain shade of green paint is made by mixing blue paint with yellow paint in a ratio of 2 to 3.  If you want to make 100 pails of green paint, how many pails of blue paint and how many pails of yellow paint will you need? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2 to 3 is the same as 2x to 3x where 2x is blue and 3x is yellow<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you want to make 100 pails of green paint, how many pails of blue paint and how many pails of yellow paint will you need?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 3x = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 40 pails of blue paint<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 60 pails of yellow paint<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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