SOLUTION: How much blue paint and yellow paint should be mixed to make 98 gallons of green paint is the ratio of blue to yellow is 3 to 4?

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Question 719281: How much blue paint and yellow paint should be mixed to make 98 gallons of green paint is the ratio of blue to yellow is 3 to 4?
Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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3n+4n=98
7n=98
n=98/7
n=14 is the multiplier.
3*14=42 gallons of blue paint.
4*14=56 gallons of yellow paint.
Proof:
42+56=98
98=98