SOLUTION: To make green paint, a painter mixes yellow paint and blue paint in the ratio of three to two. If he used 24 gallons of yellow paint, how much blue paint did he use?

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Question 475931: To make green paint, a painter mixes yellow paint and blue paint in the ratio of three to two. If he used 24 gallons of yellow paint, how much blue paint did he use?





Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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To make green paint, a painter mixes yellow paint and blue paint in the ratio of three to two. If he used 24 gallons of yellow paint, how much blue paint did he use?
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3:2 is the same as 3x:2x where 3x is amt of yellow paint
and 2x is the amt of blue paint.
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Equation:
3x + 2x = 24
5x = 24
x = 4.8
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3x = 14.4 gallons (amt of yellow paint)
2x = 9.6 gallons (amt of blue paint)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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