SOLUTION: A painter mixes red, green, and yellow paint in the ratio of 6:4:2 to produce a new color. In order to make 6 gallons of this new color, how many gallons of red paint must the pain
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Question 177503: A painter mixes red, green, and yellow paint in the ratio of 6:4:2 to produce a new color. In order to make 6 gallons of this new color, how many gallons of red paint must the painter use? Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! since the ratio of red paint is 6/12 or 1/2 then 1/2 of the 6 gallons is red
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that would be 1/2(6)=3 gallons of red paint
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