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
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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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document.write( "yellow paint \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #834396 by math_tutor2020(3817)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "Answers: \n" ); document.write( "5.5 gallons of blue \n" ); document.write( "60.5 gallons of yellow \n" ); document.write( "Each value is exact.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Work Shown: \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 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |