SOLUTION: a paint mixture contains 7 gallons of base for every gallon of color. in 280 gallons of paint, how many gallons of color are there 245 140 35 93

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Question 282450: a paint mixture contains 7 gallons of base for every gallon of color. in 280 gallons of paint, how many gallons of color are there
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Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
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for every 7+1=8 gal of paint there is 1 gal of color. In other 1/8 of the paint is color,Soooooooooo (1/8)*280=35 amount of color in 280 gal of paint.
Hope this helps---ptaylor