document.write( "Question 1200296: You're mixing blue paint with yellow paint to get a total of 66 gallons of the mixture. You want to use 11 times as much
\n" ); document.write( "yellow paint as blue paint. How many gallons of each should you use? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
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\n" ); document.write( "5.5 gallons of blue
\n" ); document.write( "60.5 gallons of yellow

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\n" ); document.write( "b = amount of blue paint
\n" ); document.write( "11b = amount of yellow paint
\n" ); document.write( "b+11b = 12b = total amount of paint
\n" ); document.write( "12b = 66
\n" ); document.write( "b = 66/12
\n" ); document.write( "b = 5.5 gallons of blue paint is needed
\n" ); document.write( "11b = 11*5.5 = 60.5 gallons of yellow paint is needed
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