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A housepainter mixed 5 gal of blue paint with every 9 gal of yellow paint in order to make a

green paint. Which ratio of gallons of blue paint to gallons of yellow paint will make the same
shade of green paint?

User Adolf Garlic
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13 votes

Answer:

5:9

Explanation:

To Find:

ratio of yellow paint to blue paint to make a particular shade of green.

Solution:

The ratio can be written as 5 to 9, or 5:9

We know that if we mix 5 gallons of blue paint with 9 gallons of yellow paint we get the particular shade of green that we want.

Then the ratio of gallons of blue paint to gallons of yellow paint is 5 to 9, or 5:9

Meaning that for every 5 gallons of blue paint we need 9 of yellow paint.

User Swati Singh
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11 votes

I think any of these would work

10;18

15;28

20;35

User Erik Ringsmuth
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