SOLUTION: 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 pa
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Question 411201: 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? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Suppose a certain shade of green paint is made by mixing blue paint with yellow paint in a ratio of 2 to 3.
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2 to 3 is the same as 2x to 3x where 2x is blue and 3x is yellow
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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?
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Equation:
2x + 3x = 100
5x = 100
x = 20
2x = 40 pails of blue paint
3x = 60 pails of yellow paint
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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