SOLUTION: 16. Nick has two cans of white paint, one with a 2% yellow pigment and the other with a 5% yellow pigment. He wants to mix the two paints to get paint with a 4% yellow pigment. How
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Question 436908: 16. Nick has two cans of white paint, one with a 2% yellow pigment and the other with a 5% yellow pigment. He wants to mix the two paints to get paint with a 4% yellow pigment. How much of the 5% yellow pigment paint should be mixed with 0.4 gallon of the 2% yellow pigment paint to get the desired paint? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = gallons of 5% yellow paint needed
given: = gallons of final mixture gallons of 2% yellow = gallons of 5% yellow needed
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.8 gallons of the 5% yellow pigment paint should be used
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