Hugo is mixing blue paint with red paint to create purple paint. The ratio of blue to red is 3 to 2. How many pints of blue paint will he use to create 40 pints of purple paint?

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Hugo is mixing blue paint with red paint to create purple paint. The ratio of blue to red is 3 to 2. How many pints of blue paint will he use to create 40 pints of purple paint?

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Noesgard answered Oct 7, 2018

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From my calculations I got :
- 24 pints of blue paint
- 16 pints of red paint

Insula answered Oct 10, 2018

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