SOLUTION: Tonya is painting a mural. She uses 2 gallons of blue paint, 3 quarts of green pain and 5 pints of red paint. find the ratio of the following amounts: a) red paint to blue paint

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Question 1190440: Tonya is painting a mural. She uses 2 gallons of blue paint, 3 quarts of green pain and 5 pints of red paint. find the ratio of the following amounts:
a) red paint to blue paint
b) green paint to blue paint
C0 red paint to green paint
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Answers
A) 5:16
B) 3:8
C) 5:6

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Explanation:

I'll convert everything into pints.

1 gallon = 8 pints
2 gallons = 16 pints

1 quart = 2 pints
3 quarts = 6 pints

Tonya uses
16 pints of blue
6 pints of green
5 pints of red

The ratio of red to blue is 5:16
We simply write the numbers corresponding to each color in the order mentioned. Separate the items with a colon.

The ratio of green to blue is 6:16 which reduces to 3:8 after dividing both parts by 2.

The ratio of red to green is 5:6