Question

In a lilac paint mixture, 40% of the mixture is white paint, 20% is blue, and the rest is red. There are 13 cups of blue paint used in a batch of lilac paint. how many cups are there in total?​

Answer 1

65 cups

Explanation:

In a lilac paint mixture, 20% of the mixture is blue paint, and we have 13 cups of blue paint.

let the total cups be x.

To find the total amount of lilac paint, we can set up the following equation:

20% of x = 13 cups

`\sf (20)/(100) * x = 13`

0.2x = 13

Divide both sides by 0.2.

`\sf (0.2x)/(0.2)= (13)/(0.2)`

x = 65

So, there are 65 cups in total of lilac paint.