Diego wants to paint his room purple. He bought one gallon of purple paint that is 30% red paint and 70% blue paint. Diego wants to add more blue to the mix so that the paint mixture is 20% red, 80% blue.
1. How much blue paint should Diego add? Test the following possibilities: 0.2 gallons, 0.3 gallons, 0.4 gallons, 0.5 gallons.
0.2 gallons
0.2 gallons,
0.3 gallons
0.3 gallons,
0.4 gallons
0.4 gallons,
0.5 gallons
0.5 gallons,
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2. Write an equation in which x
represents the amount of paint Diego should add.
3. Check that the amount of paint Diego should add is a solution to your equation.