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Monica is mixing some custom-colored paint for her house. The color she wants requires 3⁄4 ounce of blue dye and 2⁄3 of an ounce of pink dye mixed with each gallon of white paint base. How much dye is needed to mix 8 gallons of paint?

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Ounce of blue dye mixed with one gallon of white paint base = 3/4


Ounce of blue dye mixed with eight gallons of white paint base =


= 3 × 2


=6


Ounce of pink dye mixed with one gallon of white paint base = 2/3


Ounce of pink dye mixed with eight gallons of white paint base =


= 16/3


= 5.3


Hence, 6 ounce of blue dye and 5.3 ounce of pink dye are needed to mix with 8 gallons of paint.


=6



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