document.write( "Question 1015372: John mixed 3/4 liter of yellow paint with 1 1/4 liters of red paint to mak 2 liters of orange paint. To make a new batch of orange paint, he used exactly 1 liter of red paint. Using the same ratio, how many liters of yellow paint should John use to make his new batch of orange paint?
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\n" ); document.write( "he used exactly 1 liter of red paint. Using the same ratio, how many liters of yellow paint should John use to make his new batch of orange paint?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let us write $\"1\"$ $\"1%2F4\"$ as $\"5%2F4\"$ for convenience.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then your proportion is $\"%28%283%2F4%29%29%2F%28%285%2F4%29%29\"$ = $\"x%2F1\"$ , which is the same as\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"3%2F5\"$ = $\"x%2F1\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now you can easily find the unknown amount of the yellow paint x: \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = $\"3%2F5\"$ liters.\r
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